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Substance: benz[a]anthracene				Other Names: 1,2-benzanthracene

Formula: C18H12						CAS-No.: 56-55-3	PubChem: 5954

Study: linear dicroism spectroscopy, fluorescence spectroscopy, magnetic circular dichroism spectroscopy

                
Authors: J. Waluk, A. Mordzinski, J. Spanget-Larsen, E.W. Thulstrup

Title: The electronic spectrum of benz[a]anthracene. Linear and magnetic circular dichroism and fluorescence polarization studies

Journal/Source: Chem. Phys., 116 (3), 411-420, (1987); https://doi.org/10.1016/0301-0104(87)80209-4


Data: table, diagram

Energy/Wavelength range: 25000 - 47000 cm-1 (~ 212 - 400 nm)

Resolution: 

Temperature: 298 K

Temperature dependence: no

Pressure/Concentration: 

Phase: in stretched polyethylene

pH:


Comments: The electronic transitions of benz[a]anthracene are investigated by linear dichroism spectroscopy in stretched polyethylene, fluorescence polarization spectroscopy, 
magnetic circular dichroism spectroscopy, and by quantum mechanical calculations.

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