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Substance: acetone				Other Names: dimethyl ketone; propanone

Formula: 	CH3C(O)CH3				CAS-No.: 67-64-1

Study: photolysis; quantum yield

                
Authors: S.R. Arnold, M. P. Chipperfield, M.A. Blitz, D.E. Heard, M.J. Pilling

Title: Photodissociation of acetone: Atmospheric implications of temperature-dependent quantum yields

Journal: Geophys. Res. Lett., 31, (2004); doi:10.1029/2003GL019099


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Comments: The authors have used a photochemical box model to investigate the effect of temperature-dependent 
quantum yields of acetone on the chemistry in the upper troposphere.

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