Evidence for the production of hydrogen peroxide in rainwater by lightning during thunderstorms

Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta

Volumn 63, Issue 19-20, 1999, Pages 3451-3455

  Zuo, Yuegang ^a   Deng, Yiwei ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS DARTMOUTH   (United States)

^b FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; LIGHTNING; RAINWATER; THUNDERSTORM;

EID: 0033391519     PISSN: 00167037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0016-7037(99)00274-4     Document Type: Article

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