Photochemical generation of reactive species upon irradiation of rainwater: Negligible photoactivity of dissolved organic matter

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 408, Issue 16, 2010, Pages 3367-3373

  Albinet, Alexandre ^a   Minero, Claudio ^a   Vione, Davide ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Atmospheric water; Dissolved organic matter; Hydroxyl radical; Photochemistry; Rainwater; Singlet oxygen

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC WATER; DISSOLVED ORGANIC MATTERS; FORMATION RATES; FURFURYL ALCOHOL; HUMIC SUBSTANCES; HUMIC-LIKE SUBSTANCES; HYDROXYL RADICALS; ORDERS OF MAGNITUDE; ORGANIC MATTER; PHOTOACTIVITY; PHOTOCHEMICAL ACTIVITY; PHOTOCHEMICAL GENERATION; RAINWATER SAMPLES; REACTIVE SPECIES; SINGLET OXYGEN; TRIPLET STATE;

BENZENE; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; CHEMICAL REACTIONS; DISSOLUTION; DISSOLVED OXYGEN; IRRADIATION; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; PHENOLS; SURFACE WATERS;

BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS;

BENZENE; DISSOLVED ORGANIC MATTER; FURFURYL ALCOHOL; HYDROXYL RADICAL; NITRITE; PHENOL; RAIN; SINGLET OXYGEN; SURFACE WATER; ORGANIC COMPOUND;

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; DISSOLVED ORGANIC MATTER; HUMIC SUBSTANCE; HYDROXYL RADICAL; IRRADIATION; NITRITE; OXYGEN; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; RAINWATER; SCAVENGING (CHEMISTRY);

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CLOUD; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; FOG; HUMIC SUBSTANCE; ITALY; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STEADY STATE; ULTRAVIOLET A RADIATION; WATER ANALYSIS; CHEMISTRY; SOLUBILITY;

ORGANIC CHEMICALS; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; RAIN; SOLUBILITY;

ITALY; PIEDMONT [ITALY]; TORINO [PIEDMONT]; TURIN;

EID: 77953692231     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2010.04.011     Document Type: Article

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