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Buschmann and Groth1 have reported the formation of carbon dioxide during gamma radiolysis of liquid carbon monoxide at 77° K and have estimated that G(CO2) = 0.18. These authors detected the formation of a carbonaceous deposit which on heating evolved only small quantities of CO2; they therefore suggested that the deposit was largely composed of solid carbon.
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BRIGGS, J., CLAY, P. Formation of Polymeric Carbon Suboxide during Gamma Radiolysis of Liquid Carbon Monoxide at 77° K. Nature 218, 355 (1968). https://doi.org/10.1038/218355a0
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