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IT is known that spectroscopic data are in agreement only with a series of discrete values for the dissociation energy of carbon monoxide (Dco) and therefore also for the heat of sublimation of carbon (Lc)
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DUCHESNE, J., GOLDFINGER, P. & ROSEN, B. Heat of Atomization of Carbon. Nature 159, 130–131 (1947). https://doi.org/10.1038/159130a0
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