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Substance: ozone					Other Names: 

Formula: O3						CAS-No.: 10028-15-6

Study: photolysis, quantum yields

                
Authors: R.G.W. Norrish, R.P. Wayne

Title: The Photolysis of Ozone by Ultraviolet Radiation. I. The Photolysis of Pure, Dry Ozone

Journal/Source: Proc. R. Soc. Lond. A, 288, 1413, 200-211, (1965); doi:10.1098/rspa.1965.0213


Data: 

Energy/Wavelength range: 253.7 nm

Resolution: 

Temperature: 298 K

Temperature dependence: no

Pressure/Concentration: 50 Torr

Phase: gas

pH:


Comments: The photochemical decomposition of dry ozone has been studied at 253.7 nm. The quantum yield for the 
photolysis of pure ozone was proportional to the pressure of ozone; the highest quantum yield recorded was 16.7 at a 
pressure of 5 cmHg ozone.

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