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Far Infrared Spectra of Mosquito Repellents

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 May 2012

H. B. Rayner
Affiliation:
British Columbia Research Council, Vancouver 8, Canada
R. H. Wright
Affiliation:
British Columbia Research Council, Vancouver 8, Canada

Abstract

Mosquito-repellent chemicals tend to absorb far infrared radiation (below 600 cm.−1) more strongly than do non-repellents of comparable molecular weight. The correlation is probably less direct than was previously supposed, and is hardly strong enough to be used as a primary screening technique.

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Articles
Copyright
Copyright © Entomological Society of Canada 1966

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