<p>Seminar by Prof. John F. Ogilvie, Simon Fraser University, Canada</p>
<h1>Title : <strong><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Times New Roman;">Photochemistry of Methane at 3 K</span></strong></h1>
<p><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Abstract</span></p>
<p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica;">We have subjected pure solid methane and methane dispersed in solid<br />neon, all at 3 K, to irradiation from a synchrotron in the wave length<br />range 120 -  165 nm, and recorded the infrared spectrum of the products<br />as a function of wave length of irradiation, molar fraction of methane<br />in neon and cumulative duration of photolysis.  Some thirty products<br />are identified, including such free radicals as CHn, 1 &lt;= n &lt;= 5, and<br />carbon chains up to C20.  The mechanism of the reactions is discussed.</span></p>