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.