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Published online by Cambridge University Press: 12 April 2016
We deduce the optical efficiency Q (λ)/ a of the circumstellar dust material over the range 8-30 μm from twelve M and G giants and supergiants and that of the dust present in the general ISM and molecular clouds from thirteen protostars. We then discuss the differences between these two profiles in the light of the condensation theory.