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The separate and combined effects of ionization and multiple dehydrogenation have been studied. This study confirms and refines the trends of our preliminary paper on the smallest possible PAH, naphthalene. If small PAHs are responsible for any UIR bands, they should be ionized and partially dehydrogenated, with a few triple bonds at the periphery of the carbon skeleton. In the appendix are given the complete IR spectra of all the isomers of the derivatives of anthracene and pyrene calculated for the purpose of this study. Tables I are for anthracene and Tables II for pyrene. 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