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Substance: beta-carotene				Other Names: betacarotene

Formula: C40H56						CAS-No.: 7235-40-7	PubChem: CID 5280489

Study: uv absorption spectrum

                
Authors: S.M. Kochubei

Title: Interpretation of the UV absorption spectrum of beta-carotene

Journal/Source: Zhurnal Prikladnoi Spektroskopii, 8 (1), 166-168, (1968); J. Applied Spectroscopy, 8 (1), 109-110, (1968); doi: 10.1007/BF00938176


Data: diagram, table

Energy/Wavelength range: 240 - 510 nm

Resolution: 

Temperature: 298 K

Temperature dependence: no

Pressure/Concentration.

Phase: solution (n-hexane)

pH:


Comments: The electronic spectrum of beta-carotene in solution consists of three broad bands at 400-500, 300-340, and about 270 nm.

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