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WHILE studying the dissociation of dicobalt octacarbonyl (Co2(CO)8), we found that at certain pressures and temperatures 1 mole of carbon monoxide was absorbed per mole of the compound. On increasing or lowering the temperature the absorbed carbon monoxide was given off.
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METLIN, S., WENDER, I. & STERNBERG, H. Behaviour of Dicobalt Octacarbonyl at Elevated Temperature and Carbon Monoxide Pressure. Nature 183, 457–458 (1959). https://doi.org/10.1038/183457a0
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