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Substance: methyl vinyl ketone				Other Names: 3-buten-2-one

Formula: C4H6O						CAS-No.: 78-94-4

Study: photolysis, quantum yields

                
Authors: M.T.B. Romero, M.A. Blitz, D.E. Heard, M.J. Pilling, B. Price, P.W. Seakins, L. Wang

Title: Photolysis of methylethyl, diethyl and methylvinyl ketones and their role in the atmospheric HOx budget

Journal/Source: Faraday Discuss., 130, 73 - 88, (2005); DOI: 10.1039/b419160a


Data: 

Energy/Wavelength range: 308 nm, 320 nm

Resolution: 

Temperature: 213 - 295 K

Temperature dependence: yes

Pressure/Concentration:

Phase: gas

pH:


Comments: Quantum yields for acyl (RCO) radical production from ketone photolysis as a function of temperature, pressure 
and the atmospherically relevant wavelengths (308 and 320 nm) have been determined for methylethyl ketone (MEK), methylvinyl 
ketone (MVK) and diethyl ketone (DEK).

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