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Title: The ionization energy of C2

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 [1];  [2]; ORCiD logo [1];  [1];  [1];  [3]; ORCiD logo [1]
  1. School of Chemistry, UNSW Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales 2052, Australia
  2. School of Chemistry, The University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales 2006, Australia
  3. Department of Chemistry, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas 78712, USA
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1246472
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FG02-07ER1588
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The Journal of Chemical Physics
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Journal Name: The Journal of Chemical Physics Journal Volume: 144 Journal Issue: 14; Journal ID: ISSN 0021-9606
Publisher:
American Institute of Physics
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United States
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English

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Krechkivska, O., Bacskay, G. B., Welsh, B. A., Nauta, K., Kable, S. H., Stanton, J. F., and Schmidt, T. W. The ionization energy of C2. United States: N. p., 2016. Web. doi:10.1063/1.4944932.
Krechkivska, O., Bacskay, G. B., Welsh, B. A., Nauta, K., Kable, S. H., Stanton, J. F., & Schmidt, T. W. The ionization energy of C2. United States. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4944932
Krechkivska, O., Bacskay, G. B., Welsh, B. A., Nauta, K., Kable, S. H., Stanton, J. F., and Schmidt, T. W. Mon . "The ionization energy of C2". United States. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4944932.
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