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Substance: pyruvic acid				Other Names: 2-oxopropanoic acid

Formula: CH3COCO2H				CAS-No.: 127-17-3

Study: Photolysis

                
Authors: M.I. Guzman, M.R. Hoffmann, A.J. Colussi

Title: Photolysis of pyruvic acid in ice: Possible relevance to CO and CO2 ice core record anomalies 

Journal: J. Geophys. Res., 112, D10123, (2007); doi:10.1029/2006JD007886


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Comments: The overall quantum yield of CO2 production in the lambda ~313 nm photolysis of PA in ice at 250 K is ~ 60% of that in water at 293 K. 

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