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methylidyne

(CH, C-H, [CH], carbyne, hydridocarbon, methyladyne)
(compound of one carbon and one hydrogen atom)

Methylidyne (CH) is a compound of one carbon and one hydrogen atom. It is highly reactive, but exists in gas form in the interstellar medium, and can be identified through spectroscopy.

A CH star is a star with strong CH-absorption bands. They are often members of binaries.


(carbon,hydrogen,compound,chemistry)
Further reading:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Methylidyne_radical
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CH_star
http://www.astrochymist.org/AMOTM/amotm_0505.html
https://webbook.nist.gov/cgi/cbook.cgi?ID=C3315375&Mask=20
https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1937ApJ....86..483S/abstract
https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2018A%26A...612A..37W/abstract
https://www.oxfordreference.com/display/10.1093/oi/authority.20110810104614643
https://www.daviddarling.info/encyclopedia/C/CH_star.html

Referenced by pages:
chemically peculiar star (CP star)
Fraunhofer lines
G band (G)

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