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Substance: sulfur hexafluoride 				Other Names: 

Formula: SF6						CAS-No.: 2551-62-4

Study: vuv photochemistry, absorption cross section


Authors: A. Totterdill, T. Kovacs, J.C. Gomez Martin, W. Feng, J.M.C. Plane

Title: Mesospheric Removal of Very Long-Lived Greenhouse Gases SF6 and CFC-115 by Metal Reactions, Lyman-alpha Photolysis, and Electron Attachment

Journal/Source: J. Phys. Chem. A, 119 (10), 2016-2025, (2015); DOI: 10.1021/jp5123344


Data: diagram, table

Energy/Wavelength range: 121.6 nm

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Phase: gas

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Comments: The photolysis cross sections at the prominent solar Lyman-alpha emission line (121.6 nm), and the reaction kinetics of SF6 and CFC-115 with the neutral meteoric metal atoms Na, K, Mg, and Fe over large temperature ranges, were measured experimentally.

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