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Substance: methyl fluoride				Other Names: fluoromethane

Formula: CH3F						CAS-No.: 593-53-3

Study: vuv photolysis, absorption spectra

                
Authors: M.E. Jacox, D.E. Milligan

Title: Matrix-Isolation Study of the Vacuum-Ultraviolet Photolysis of Methyl Fluoride. The Infrared Spectra of the Free Radicals CF, HCF, and H2CF 

Journal/Source: J. Chem. Phys., 50, 3252-3262, (1969); doi:10.1063/1.1671548


Data: 

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Resolution: 

Temperature: 14 K

Temperature dependence: no

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Phase: matrix (Ar or N2)

pH: 


Comments: Upon vacuum-ultraviolet photolysis of methyl fluoride in an argon or a nitrogen matrix at 14°K, the free 
radicals CF, HCF, and H2CF are stabilized in sufficient concentration for observation of their infrared absorption spectra.
Visible-ultraviolet absorption spectra of photolyzed Ar:CH3F samples include bands which may be assigned to CH, to CF, and to HCF.

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