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Substance: nitromethane					Other Names: methane, nitro-

Formula: CH3NO2						CAS-No.: 75-52-5

Study: photodissociation

                
Authors: W.D. Taylor, T.D. Allston, M.J. Moscato, G.B. Fazekas, R. Koslowski, G.A. Takacs

Title: Atmospheric photodissociation lifetimes for nitromethane, methyl nitrite, and methyl nitrate

Journal/Source: Int. J. Chem. Kinet., 12, 231-240, (1980); https://doi.org/10.1002/kin.550120404


Data: diagram

Energy/Wavelength range: ~ 190 - 360 nm

Resolution: 

Temperature: 298 K

Temperature dependence: no

Pressure/Concentration:

Phase: gas

pH:


Comments: The absorption cross sections at 197 nm (sigma=1.86e-17 cm2/molecule) and 275 nm (sigma=3.37e-20 cm2/molecule) 
are explicitly given in the paper.


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