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Reflectivity measurements on dilute gold-iron alloys by a new method are reported. There is clear evidence that the band gaps change steadily on alloying. In the region 3 to 6 eV additional absorption growing nonlinearly with concentration suggests that the impurities are interacting with each other.
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Beaglehole et al. (1969) studied this question.
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