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Science 14 August 1970:
Vol. 169. no. 3946, pp. 681 - 683
DOI: 10.1126/science.169.3946.681
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Formaldehyde Absorption Coefficients in the Vacuum Ultraviolet (650 to 1850 Angstroms)

E. P. Gentieu 1 and J. E. Mentall 1

1 Laboratory for Extraterrestrial Physics, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Maryland

The absorption spectrum of formaldehyde has been measured photo-electrically from 650 to 1850 angstroms. A broad continuum observed at wavelengths shorter than 1570 angstroms will be the major spectral feature contributing to the formaldehyde lifetime in the interstellar radiation field.


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