CH3CHO 298 K photolysis quantum yields IUPAC 2003 Recommendation http://www.iupac-kinetic.ch.cam.ac.uk H. Meyrahn, G. K. Moortgat, and P. Warneck, presented at the XVth Informal Conference on Photochemistry, Stanford Research Institute, Stanford, California, July 1982 Only the radical channel (phi2) is important above the 290 nm atmospheric cut off wavelength (nm) phi1 (ch4 + co) phi2 (ch3 + hco) total 260 0.46 0.31 0.77 270 0.31 0.39 0.7 280 0.05 0.58 0.63 290 0.01 0.53 0.54 295 0 0.48 0.48 300 0 0.43 0.43 305 0 0.37 0.37 310 0 0.29 0.29 315 0 0.17 0.17 320 0 0.1 0.1 325 0 0.04 0.04 330 0 0 0