Effect of particles on ultraviolet light penetration in natural and engineered systems

Applied Optics

Volumn 45, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 1844-1856

  Mamane, Hadas ^a   Ducoste, Joel J ^b   Linden, Karl G ^c  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b North Carolina State University   (United States)

^c Duke University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALUMINA; INTEGRATED OPTICS; LIGHT ABSORPTION; LIGHT SCATTERING; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SPECTROPHOTOMETERS;

CHEMICAL ACTINOMETRY; LIGHT INTENSITY; SCATTERING SUSPENSION; UV REACTORS;

ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

EID: 33645776519     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 15394522     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.45.001844     Document Type: Article

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