Aqueous-phase photolysis of biacetyl (an α-dicarbonyl compound): A sink for biacetyl and a source of acetic acid, peroxyacetic acid, hydrogen peroxide, and the highly oxidizing acetylperoxyl radical in aqueous aerosols, fogs, and clouds

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 497-510

  Faust, Bruce C ^a   Powell, Kendall ^a   Rao, C Janakiram ^a   Anastasio, Cort ^a,b  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Acetic acid; Acidity; Aerosol; Carbonyl; Cloud; Dicarbonyl; Diketone; Fog; Hydrogen peroxide; Ketone; Methylhydroperoxide; Organic acid; Organic peroxide; Oxidant; Peracetic acid; Peroxyacetic acid; Photochemistry; Pyruvic acid; Quantum yield; Sunlight; Wavelength

Indexed keywords

2,3 BUTANEDIONE; ACETIC ACID; CARBOXYLIC ACID; FORMALDEHYDE; FORMIC ACID; GLYOXAL; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; PERACETIC ACID; PHENOL; PYRUVIC ACID;

ARTICLE; CLOUD; FOG; PHOTOLYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUNLIGHT;

ACETIC ACID; AEROSOL; BIACETYL; CLOUD; FOG; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; METHYLHYDROPEROXIDE; ORGANIC ACID; PEROXYACETIC ACID; PHOTOLYSIS;

USA, NORTH CAROLINA, DURHAM;

ACETIC ACID; ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; CLOUDS; FOG; FREE RADICAL REACTIONS; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; KETONES; ORGANIC ACIDS; OXIDATION; PHOTOCHEMICAL REACTIONS; PHOTOLYSIS;

ORGANIC PEROXIDES;

ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS;

EID: 0030617395     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1352-2310(96)00171-9     Document Type: Article

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