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Substance: benzoic acid				Other Names: benzene carboxylic acid

Formula: 	C6H5COOH				CAS-No.: 65-85-0


Study: photolysis
                
Authors: Francis Chau, Cyril Gibbons, Donald Barton

Title: The Photolysis of Benzoic Acid in the Vapor Phase

Journal: Can. J. Chem., 50(13): 2017–2021 (1972); doi:10.1139/v72-324  


Data: (diagram, table, disk): diagram

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Temperature: 383 - 578 K

Temperature dependence:

Pressure: 0.06–1.73 Torr


Comments: The photolysis of benzoic acid in the vapor phase has been investigated in a flow system at temperatures 
ranging from 110–305 °C, pressures from 0.06–1.73 Torr.
Carbon dioxide and benzene are the main products and carbon monoxide is a minor product.

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