This is a review of the developments in ultraviolet and light absorption spectrometry from December 1979 through November 1981, primarily as documented in Chemical Abstracts and CA Selects, and extends the series of reviews sponsored by Analytical Chemistry beginning in 1945 for Light Ab-
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