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Substance: sodium chloride				Other Names: table salt

Formula: NaCl						CAS-No.: 7647-14-5

Study: photodissociation cross sections

                
Authors: J.A. Silver, D.R. Worsnop, A. Freedman, C.E. Kolb

Title: Absolute Photodissociation Cross Sections of Gas-Phase Sodium Chloride at Room Temperature

Journal/Source: J. Chem. Phys., 84, 4378-4384, (1986); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.450060


Data: 

Energy/Wavelength range: 189.7 - 359.8 nm

Resolution: 

Temperature: 300 K

Temperature dependence: no

Pressure/Concentration:

Phase: gas

pH:


Comments: Photodissociation rates have been calculated for both NaCl and KCl using the published ultraviolet absorption cross sections below 300 nm.
Two well-resolved peaks are observed at 235 and 260 nm. The cross section also rises below 210 nm.

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