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There are three properties of ultraviolet radiation that are similar to those of visible light:
1. They travel in straight lines as light does, with a speed equal to 3 x 108 m/s in a vacuum.
2. They obey the laws of reflection and refraction.
3. They are unaffected by electric and magnetic fields.
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