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Science 1 February 1974:
Vol. 183. no. 4123, pp. 407 - 409
DOI: 10.1126/science.183.4123.407
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Venus Clouds: Structure and Composition

A. T. Young 1

1 Department of Physics, Texas A & M University, College Station 77843

The clouds of Venus consist of a fine sulfuric acid aerosol similar to that found in the earth's stratosphere. The acid aerosol on Venus appears to be uniformly mixed with the gas, at least in the visible layers, and possibly down to the cloud base.

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