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Substance: hydrogen cyanide				Other Names: hydrocyanic acid

Formula: HCN						CAS-No.: 74-90-8

Study: vuv photolysis, spectroscopy


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

Title: Spectroscopic Study of the Vacuum-Ultraviolet Photolysis of Matrix-Isolated HCN and Halogen Cyanides. Infrared Spectra of the Species CN and XNC

Journal/Source: J. Chem. Phys., 47, 278-285, (1967); doi:10.1063/1.1711859


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Temperature: 14 K

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Comments: Vacuum-ultraviolet photolysis of HCN isolated in Ar and N2 matrices at 14°K is found to lead to the production 
of HNC in concentration sufficient for direct infrared observation of all three vibrational fundamentals.

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