From: Dr A.J. Rowe <ajr@leicester.ac.uk>
  To  : David Scott <djs17@york.ac.uk>
  Date: Mon, 14 Dec 1998 15:41:44 +0000 (GMT)

Re: exctinction coefficients at 230 nm

Hi Dave !

The obvious warning one has to give in this matter concerns the Rayleigh
scattering component, which will contribute unequally at the two wavelengths.
However - one of the joys of the AUC is that the small amounts of heavy
aggregate which plague regular spectroscopy are pretty much removed from the
opitcal path, thanks to g-force.

Given the limited precision which inevitably dogs Kd determinations, I doubt if
you have anything significant to worry about from this cause, at least. We
certainly find we can do Kd*s in the far uv and be reasonably happy with the
outcomes.

All best

Arthur

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