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Substance: ammonia					Other Names: 

Formula: NH3						CAS-No.: 7664-41-7

Study: vuv absorption cross sections

                
Authors: W.L. Starr, M. Loewenstein

Title: Total absorption cross sections of several gases of aeronomic interest at 584 Å

Journal/Source: J. Geophys. Res., 77, 4790-4796, (1972); doi:10.1029/JA077i025p04790


Data: 

Energy/Wavelength range: 58.43 nm

Resolution: 

Temperature: 298 K

Temperature dependence: no

Pressure/Concentration: 

Phase: gas

pH:


Comments: Total photoabsorption cross sections have been measured at 584.3 A for N2, O2, Ar, CO2, CO, NO, N2O, NH3, CH4, H2, 
and H2S.
The absorption cross section of NH3 at 58.43 nm was determined to be sigma = 2.81e-17 (cm2/molecule).

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