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Open Content License*

from the

University of Konstanz

Dept. of Chemistry

Chair of Prof. Dr. Helmut Cölfen

Universitätstrasse 10

78464 Konstanz, Germany

And

BASF SE

Dept. of Material Physics

67056 Ludwigshafen, Germany

for the following work:

Multiwavelength UV/Vis detector for the Analytical Ultracentrifuge Version 1.0

This work can be used by anyone according to the conditions of this open content license.

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Work: Copyright (C) 2006 Prof. Dr. Helmut Cölfen & BASF SE.

* License text: Version 1.0, May 2003, Copyright © 2003 Kompetenznetzwerk Universitätsverbund MultiMedia NRW,
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