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IN a former communication1 we suggested 8.41 volts as the most probable value for the energy of dissociation of carbon monoxide. This was based upon a predissociation which we found in the upper level B1 of the Angstrom bands2 and in the upper level b3 of the third positive group3, at a height of 11.08 volts above the normal state of the molecule. Both predissociations we ascribed to the dissociation state 3P (oxygen) + 1S (carbon). To fix the dissociation energy with certainty, however, it is necessary to find another place of predissociation caused by a different state of the dissociation products.
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BRONS, F. Dissociation Energy of Carbon Monoxide. Nature 136, 796 (1935). https://doi.org/10.1038/136796b0
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