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SOME specimens of silica glass absorb infra-red radiation of wave-length near 2.7µ. Garino-Canina1 observed that the occurrence or absence of the band in his specimens depended on whether or not water vapour was present when the glass was made (by fusing quartz crystal). Following Harrison2, he attributed the absorption to hydroxyl groups bound to some of the silicon ions of the glass.
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Garino-Canina, V., C.R. Acad. Sci., Paris, 239, 705 (1954).
Harrison, A. J., J. Amer. Cer. Soc., 30, 362 (1947).
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MOULSON, A., ROBERTS, J. Entry of Water into Silica Glass. Nature 182, 200–201 (1958). https://doi.org/10.1038/182200a0
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