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To secure precise measurements of these frequencies, a research program in free radical microwave spectroscopy has been started.
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Since conventional methods are insensitive at the low frequencies of these molecular transitions, the paramagnetic resonance method is being used instead.
conventional
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Since conventional methods are insensitive at the low frequencies of these molecular transitions, the paramagnetic resonance method is being used instead.
methods
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Since conventional methods are insensitive at the low frequencies of these molecular transitions, the paramagnetic resonance method is being used instead.
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Since conventional methods are insensitive at the low frequencies of these molecular transitions, the paramagnetic resonance method is being used instead.
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Since conventional methods are insensitive at the low frequencies of these molecular transitions, the paramagnetic resonance method is being used instead.
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Since conventional methods are insensitive at the low frequencies of these molecular transitions, the paramagnetic resonance method is being used instead.
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Since conventional methods are insensitive at the low frequencies of these molecular transitions, the paramagnetic resonance method is being used instead.
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Since conventional methods are insensitive at the low frequencies of these molecular transitions, the paramagnetic resonance method is being used instead.
paramagnetic
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Since conventional methods are insensitive at the low frequencies of these molecular transitions, the paramagnetic resonance method is being used instead.
resonance
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Since conventional methods are insensitive at the low frequencies of these molecular transitions, the paramagnetic resonance method is being used instead.
method
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Since conventional methods are insensitive at the low frequencies of these molecular transitions, the paramagnetic resonance method is being used instead.
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Since conventional methods are insensitive at the low frequencies of these molecular transitions, the paramagnetic resonance method is being used instead.
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This involves the application of a strong magnetic field to the radical vapor, which shifts the low-frequency spectra to a conveniently high microwave range, where they may be measured with optimum sensitivity.
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This involves the application of a strong magnetic field to the radical vapor, which shifts the low-frequency spectra to a conveniently high microwave range, where they may be measured with optimum sensitivity.
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This involves the application of a strong magnetic field to the radical vapor, which shifts the low-frequency spectra to a conveniently high microwave range, where they may be measured with optimum sensitivity.
strong
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This involves the application of a strong magnetic field to the radical vapor, which shifts the low-frequency spectra to a conveniently high microwave range, where they may be measured with optimum sensitivity.
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This involves the application of a strong magnetic field to the radical vapor, which shifts the low-frequency spectra to a conveniently high microwave range, where they may be measured with optimum sensitivity.
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This involves the application of a strong magnetic field to the radical vapor, which shifts the low-frequency spectra to a conveniently high microwave range, where they may be measured with optimum sensitivity.
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This involves the application of a strong magnetic field to the radical vapor, which shifts the low-frequency spectra to a conveniently high microwave range, where they may be measured with optimum sensitivity.
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This involves the application of a strong magnetic field to the radical vapor, which shifts the low-frequency spectra to a conveniently high microwave range, where they may be measured with optimum sensitivity.
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This involves the application of a strong magnetic field to the radical vapor, which shifts the low-frequency spectra to a conveniently high microwave range, where they may be measured with optimum sensitivity.
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This involves the application of a strong magnetic field to the radical vapor, which shifts the low-frequency spectra to a conveniently high microwave range, where they may be measured with optimum sensitivity.
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This involves the application of a strong magnetic field to the radical vapor, which shifts the low-frequency spectra to a conveniently high microwave range, where they may be measured with optimum sensitivity.
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This involves the application of a strong magnetic field to the radical vapor, which shifts the low-frequency spectra to a conveniently high microwave range, where they may be measured with optimum sensitivity.
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This involves the application of a strong magnetic field to the radical vapor, which shifts the low-frequency spectra to a conveniently high microwave range, where they may be measured with optimum sensitivity.
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This involves the application of a strong magnetic field to the radical vapor, which shifts the low-frequency spectra to a conveniently high microwave range, where they may be measured with optimum sensitivity.
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This involves the application of a strong magnetic field to the radical vapor, which shifts the low-frequency spectra to a conveniently high microwave range, where they may be measured with optimum sensitivity.
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This involves the application of a strong magnetic field to the radical vapor, which shifts the low-frequency spectra to a conveniently high microwave range, where they may be measured with optimum sensitivity.
sensitivity
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The first diatomic hydride investigated by the paramagnetic resonance method was the OH radical.
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The first diatomic hydride investigated by the paramagnetic resonance method was the OH radical.
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The first diatomic hydride investigated by the paramagnetic resonance method was the OH radical.
hydride
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The first diatomic hydride investigated by the paramagnetic resonance method was the OH radical.
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The first diatomic hydride investigated by the paramagnetic resonance method was the OH radical.
paramagnetic
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The first diatomic hydride investigated by the paramagnetic resonance method was the OH radical.
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The first diatomic hydride investigated by the paramagnetic resonance method was the OH radical.
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The first diatomic hydride investigated by the paramagnetic resonance method was the OH radical.
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The first diatomic hydride investigated by the paramagnetic resonance method was the OH radical.
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Results of this experiment include the frequencies of the two strong spectral lines by which OH may be identified in interstellar gas ; the frequencies are 1665.32 and 1667.36 * * f, with an uncertainty of 0.10 * * f.
Results
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Results of this experiment include the frequencies of the two strong spectral lines by which OH may be identified in interstellar gas ; the frequencies are 1665.32 and 1667.36 * * f, with an uncertainty of 0.10 * * f.
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Results of this experiment include the frequencies of the two strong spectral lines by which OH may be identified in interstellar gas ; the frequencies are 1665.32 and 1667.36 * * f, with an uncertainty of 0.10 * * f.
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Results of this experiment include the frequencies of the two strong spectral lines by which OH may be identified in interstellar gas ; the frequencies are 1665.32 and 1667.36 * * f, with an uncertainty of 0.10 * * f.
frequencies
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Results of this experiment include the frequencies of the two strong spectral lines by which OH may be identified in interstellar gas ; the frequencies are 1665.32 and 1667.36 * * f, with an uncertainty of 0.10 * * f.
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Results of this experiment include the frequencies of the two strong spectral lines by which OH may be identified in interstellar gas ; the frequencies are 1665.32 and 1667.36 * * f, with an uncertainty of 0.10 * * f.
strong
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Results of this experiment include the frequencies of the two strong spectral lines by which OH may be identified in interstellar gas ; the frequencies are 1665.32 and 1667.36 * * f, with an uncertainty of 0.10 * * f.
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Results of this experiment include the frequencies of the two strong spectral lines by which OH may be identified in interstellar gas ; the frequencies are 1665.32 and 1667.36 * * f, with an uncertainty of 0.10 * * f.
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Results of this experiment include the frequencies of the two strong spectral lines by which OH may be identified in interstellar gas ; the frequencies are 1665.32 and 1667.36 * * f, with an uncertainty of 0.10 * * f.
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Results of this experiment include the frequencies of the two strong spectral lines by which OH may be identified in interstellar gas ; the frequencies are 1665.32 and 1667.36 * * f, with an uncertainty of 0.10 * * f.
interstellar
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Results of this experiment include the frequencies of the two strong spectral lines by which OH may be identified in interstellar gas ; the frequencies are 1665.32 and 1667.36 * * f, with an uncertainty of 0.10 * * f.
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Results of this experiment include the frequencies of the two strong spectral lines by which OH may be identified in interstellar gas ; the frequencies are 1665.32 and 1667.36 * * f, with an uncertainty of 0.10 * * f.
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Results of this experiment include the frequencies of the two strong spectral lines by which OH may be identified in interstellar gas ; the frequencies are 1665.32 and 1667.36 * * f, with an uncertainty of 0.10 * * f.
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Results of this experiment include the frequencies of the two strong spectral lines by which OH may be identified in interstellar gas ; the frequencies are 1665.32 and 1667.36 * * f, with an uncertainty of 0.10 * * f.
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Success in observing these spectral lines has so far, apparently, been confined to the laboratory ; extraterrestrial observations have yet to be reported.
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Success in observing these spectral lines has so far, apparently, been confined to the laboratory ; extraterrestrial observations have yet to be reported.
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Success in observing these spectral lines has so far, apparently, been confined to the laboratory ; extraterrestrial observations have yet to be reported.
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Success in observing these spectral lines has so far, apparently, been confined to the laboratory ; extraterrestrial observations have yet to be reported.
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Success in observing these spectral lines has so far, apparently, been confined to the laboratory ; extraterrestrial observations have yet to be reported.
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Success in observing these spectral lines has so far, apparently, been confined to the laboratory ; extraterrestrial observations have yet to be reported.
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Success in observing these spectral lines has so far, apparently, been confined to the laboratory ; extraterrestrial observations have yet to be reported.
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Success in observing these spectral lines has so far, apparently, been confined to the laboratory ; extraterrestrial observations have yet to be reported.
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Success in observing these spectral lines has so far, apparently, been confined to the laboratory ; extraterrestrial observations have yet to be reported.
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Success in observing these spectral lines has so far, apparently, been confined to the laboratory ; extraterrestrial observations have yet to be reported.
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Success in observing these spectral lines has so far, apparently, been confined to the laboratory ; extraterrestrial observations have yet to be reported.
yet
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Success in observing these spectral lines has so far, apparently, been confined to the laboratory ; extraterrestrial observations have yet to be reported.
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Preparations are being made for similar experiments on CH and SH radicals.
Preparations
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Preparations are being made for similar experiments on CH and SH radicals.
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Preparations are being made for similar experiments on CH and SH radicals.
similar
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Preparations are being made for similar experiments on CH and SH radicals.
experiments
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Preparations are being made for similar experiments on CH and SH radicals.
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The Bureau is pursuing an active program to provide a temperature scale and thermometer calibration services in the range 1.5 to 20 * * f.
Bureau
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The Bureau is pursuing an active program to provide a temperature scale and thermometer calibration services in the range 1.5 to 20 * * f.
pursuing
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The Bureau is pursuing an active program to provide a temperature scale and thermometer calibration services in the range 1.5 to 20 * * f.
active
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The Bureau is pursuing an active program to provide a temperature scale and thermometer calibration services in the range 1.5 to 20 * * f.
program
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The Bureau is pursuing an active program to provide a temperature scale and thermometer calibration services in the range 1.5 to 20 * * f.
provide
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The Bureau is pursuing an active program to provide a temperature scale and thermometer calibration services in the range 1.5 to 20 * * f.
temperature
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The Bureau is pursuing an active program to provide a temperature scale and thermometer calibration services in the range 1.5 to 20 * * f.
scale
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The Bureau is pursuing an active program to provide a temperature scale and thermometer calibration services in the range 1.5 to 20 * * f.
thermometer
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The Bureau is pursuing an active program to provide a temperature scale and thermometer calibration services in the range 1.5 to 20 * * f.
calibration
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The Bureau is pursuing an active program to provide a temperature scale and thermometer calibration services in the range 1.5 to 20 * * f.
services
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The Bureau is pursuing an active program to provide a temperature scale and thermometer calibration services in the range 1.5 to 20 * * f.
range
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The Bureau is pursuing an active program to provide a temperature scale and thermometer calibration services in the range 1.5 to 20 * * f.
1.5
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The Bureau is pursuing an active program to provide a temperature scale and thermometer calibration services in the range 1.5 to 20 * * f.
20
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The efforts and accomplishments fall into three main categories : absolute thermometry based upon the velocity of sound in helium gas, secondary thermometry involving principally studies of the behavior of germanium resistors, and helium 4 vapor-pressure measurements ( see p. 144 ).
efforts
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The efforts and accomplishments fall into three main categories : absolute thermometry based upon the velocity of sound in helium gas, secondary thermometry involving principally studies of the behavior of germanium resistors, and helium 4 vapor-pressure measurements ( see p. 144 ).
accomplishments
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The efforts and accomplishments fall into three main categories : absolute thermometry based upon the velocity of sound in helium gas, secondary thermometry involving principally studies of the behavior of germanium resistors, and helium 4 vapor-pressure measurements ( see p. 144 ).
fall into
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The efforts and accomplishments fall into three main categories : absolute thermometry based upon the velocity of sound in helium gas, secondary thermometry involving principally studies of the behavior of germanium resistors, and helium 4 vapor-pressure measurements ( see p. 144 ).
three
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The efforts and accomplishments fall into three main categories : absolute thermometry based upon the velocity of sound in helium gas, secondary thermometry involving principally studies of the behavior of germanium resistors, and helium 4 vapor-pressure measurements ( see p. 144 ).
main
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The efforts and accomplishments fall into three main categories : absolute thermometry based upon the velocity of sound in helium gas, secondary thermometry involving principally studies of the behavior of germanium resistors, and helium 4 vapor-pressure measurements ( see p. 144 ).
categories
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The efforts and accomplishments fall into three main categories : absolute thermometry based upon the velocity of sound in helium gas, secondary thermometry involving principally studies of the behavior of germanium resistors, and helium 4 vapor-pressure measurements ( see p. 144 ).
absolute
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The efforts and accomplishments fall into three main categories : absolute thermometry based upon the velocity of sound in helium gas, secondary thermometry involving principally studies of the behavior of germanium resistors, and helium 4 vapor-pressure measurements ( see p. 144 ).
thermometry
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The efforts and accomplishments fall into three main categories : absolute thermometry based upon the velocity of sound in helium gas, secondary thermometry involving principally studies of the behavior of germanium resistors, and helium 4 vapor-pressure measurements ( see p. 144 ).
based
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The efforts and accomplishments fall into three main categories : absolute thermometry based upon the velocity of sound in helium gas, secondary thermometry involving principally studies of the behavior of germanium resistors, and helium 4 vapor-pressure measurements ( see p. 144 ).
velocity
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The efforts and accomplishments fall into three main categories : absolute thermometry based upon the velocity of sound in helium gas, secondary thermometry involving principally studies of the behavior of germanium resistors, and helium 4 vapor-pressure measurements ( see p. 144 ).
sound
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The efforts and accomplishments fall into three main categories : absolute thermometry based upon the velocity of sound in helium gas, secondary thermometry involving principally studies of the behavior of germanium resistors, and helium 4 vapor-pressure measurements ( see p. 144 ).
helium
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The efforts and accomplishments fall into three main categories : absolute thermometry based upon the velocity of sound in helium gas, secondary thermometry involving principally studies of the behavior of germanium resistors, and helium 4 vapor-pressure measurements ( see p. 144 ).
gas
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The efforts and accomplishments fall into three main categories : absolute thermometry based upon the velocity of sound in helium gas, secondary thermometry involving principally studies of the behavior of germanium resistors, and helium 4 vapor-pressure measurements ( see p. 144 ).
secondary
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The efforts and accomplishments fall into three main categories : absolute thermometry based upon the velocity of sound in helium gas, secondary thermometry involving principally studies of the behavior of germanium resistors, and helium 4 vapor-pressure measurements ( see p. 144 ).
thermometry
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The efforts and accomplishments fall into three main categories : absolute thermometry based upon the velocity of sound in helium gas, secondary thermometry involving principally studies of the behavior of germanium resistors, and helium 4 vapor-pressure measurements ( see p. 144 ).
involving
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The efforts and accomplishments fall into three main categories : absolute thermometry based upon the velocity of sound in helium gas, secondary thermometry involving principally studies of the behavior of germanium resistors, and helium 4 vapor-pressure measurements ( see p. 144 ).
principally
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The efforts and accomplishments fall into three main categories : absolute thermometry based upon the velocity of sound in helium gas, secondary thermometry involving principally studies of the behavior of germanium resistors, and helium 4 vapor-pressure measurements ( see p. 144 ).
studies
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