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Substance: toluene					Other Names: methylbenzene

Formula: C7H9; C6H5CH3					CAS-No.: 108-88-3

Study: uv absorption spectroscopy

                
Authors: H. Hippler, J. Troe, H.J. Wendelken

Title: UV absorption spectra of vibrationally highly excited toluene molecules

Journal/Source: J. Chem. Phys., 78, 5351-5357, (1983); DOI:10.1063/1.445488 


Data: table, diagram

Energy/Wavelength range: 210 - 270 nm

Resolution: 

Temperature: 300 K, 860 K, 1200 K, 1600 K, 2800 K

Temperature dependence: yes

Pressure/Concentration:

Phase: vapor

pH:


Comments: The UV absorption spectrum of the toluene, whose vibrational energy would correspond to the average energy 
of thermal molecules at 2800 K, has been measured over the range 210–270 nm. It is compared with the UV spectrum of thermal 
molecules heated in shock waves up to 1800 K.

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