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Substance: chlorine monoxide				Other Names: 

Formula: Cl2O						CAS-No.: 7791-21-1

Study: UV absorption spectrum

                
Authors: H.-D. Knauth, H. Alberti, H. Clausen

Title: Equilibrium Constant of the Gas Reaction Cl2O + H2O = 2HOCl and the Ultraviolet Spectrum of HOCl

Journal/Source: J. Phys. Chem., 83, 1604-1612, (1979); DOI: 10.1021/j100475a010


Data: table, diagram

Energy/Wavelength range: 200 - 500 nm

Resolution: 

Temperature: 298 K; 333 K

Temperature dependence: 

Pressure/Concentration: initial Cl2O concentration varied from about 0.4 to 10 x 10-4 mol L-1 (in about 600 Torr N2)

Phase: gas

pH:


Comments: The absorption cross sections of Cl2O, ClO2, and Cl2 were determined at 333 K and those of Cl2O in addition at 298 K.

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