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The results are given in the lower part of Fig. 13. The speciation differs significantly from the earlier calculations that ignored the new complex. The new complex is indeed the dominant species over a wide pH range. Unfortunately, not all radionucIide species emit fluorescence light when excited. Under these conditions, the use of laser-induced photoacoustic spectroscopy (LIPAS) has become the absorption spectroscopy method of choice. In this method, the energy transferred to solution ions by excitation of excited states via the pulsed-laser beam, de-excite through non-radiative processes that generate heat between laser beam bursts.