Carbonic acid: now isolated in the gas phase and examined spectroscopically

Friday, December 24, 2010 - 09:00 in Physics & Chemistry

(PhysOrg.com) -- Until now, it has stubbornly defied all attempts at detection: according to current textbooks, gas-phase carbonic acid should not exist at all, because it immediately decomposes into water and carbon dioxide –making it detectible only as a trace component.

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