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Substance:  formaldehyde			Other Names: methanal; methylene oxide

Formula: CH2O				CAS-No.: 50-00-0

Study: ir absorption spectrum


Authors: K.B. Harvey, J.F. Ogilvie

Title: Infrared absorption of formaldehyde at low temperatures, evidence for multiple trapping sites in an argon matrix

Journal/Source: Can. J. Chem., 40, 85-91, (1962)


Data: (diagram, table, disk): table, diagram

Energy/Wavelenght range: ~ 1160 - 2900 cm-1

Resolution: 

Temperature: 4 K; 77 K

Temperature dependence: 

Pressure: 

Comments: The infrared absorpion of formaldehyde in both the polycrystalline and the monomeric
form has been measured at 4 K.

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