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Substance:  acetaldehyde		Other Names: ethanal

Formula: C2H4O			CAS-No.: 75-07-0

Study: photolysis, quantum yield


Authors: Yongxin Tang, Lei Zhu, Liang T. Chu, Bin Xiang

Title: Cavity ring-down spectroscopic study of acetaldehyde photolysis in the gas phase, on aluminum surfaces, and on ice films

Journal: Chem. Phys., 330, 155-165, (2006); doi:10.1016/j.chemphys.2006.08.005  


Data: (diagram, table, disk): 

Wavelength range: 308 nm

Resolution: 

Temperature: 243 K, 293 K

Temperature dependence: 

Comments: The HCO radical quantum yields from the gas-phase photolysis of acetaldehyde are 0.87 +- 0.11 and 0.91 +- 0.10 
at 243 and at 293 K, respectively, where errors quoted represent 1sigma measurement uncertainty. 

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