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Principles of Physics: A Calculus-Based Text

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Author:Raymond A. Serway, John W. Jewett

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Chapter27: Wave Optics

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The skin reflects most visible and IR-A (near-infrared) radiation. The epidermis is highly absorbing at UV-B and UV-C wavelengths and at IR-B and IR-C wavelengths. True or False

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