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Substance: phosgene					Other Names: carbonyl chloride

Formula: COCl2						CAS-No.: 75-44-5

Study: vuv absorption spectrum

                
Authors: S.R. La Paglia, A.B.F. Duncan

Title: Vacuum Ultraviolet Absorption Spectrum of Phosgene

Journal/Source: J. Chem. Phys., 34, 125-128, (1961); doi: 10.1063/1.1731550


Data: table

Energy/Wavelength range: 60 - 200 nm

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Phase: gas

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Comments: The electronic transition of phosgene at longest wavelengths consists of many bands between 3050 and 2380 A, followed 
by a continuum which extends into the vacuum ultraviolet region. The maximum at the first electronic transition at 155 nm (64700 cm-1).
Because of overlapping, the origin of the second transition cannot be located with certainty. The third electronic transition of phosgene 
begins at 72538 cm-1 and consists of six bands whose average separation is 335 cm-1. The most intense feature of the phosgene spectrum is 
an electronic transition which occurs at 80816 cm-1.  

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