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Decomposition and vibrational relaxation in CH3I and self-reaction of CH3 radicals

Xueliang Yang1, C Franklin Goldsmith, Robert S Tranter

  • 1Chemical Sciences and Engineering Division, Argonne National Laboratory, 9700 South Cass Avenue, Argonne, Illinois 60439, USA.

The Journal of Physical Chemistry. A
|July 3, 2009
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