A new method for sustained generation of ultra-pure nitric oxide-containing gas mixtures via controlled UVA-photolysis of nitrite solutions

Nitric Oxide - Biology and Chemistry

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 275-283

  Opländer, Christian ^a   Baschin, Marcel ^a   Faassen, Ernst E van ^b   Born, Matthias ^c   Möller, Manfred ^a   Pallua, Norbert ^a   Suschek, Christoph V ^a  

^a RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c PHILIPS RESEARCH LABORATORIES   (Germany)

Author keywords

Nitric oxide; Nitrite; Photodecomposition; UVA

Indexed keywords

ANTIOXIDANT; ASCORBIC ACID; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRITE;

AQUEOUS SOLUTION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME INHIBITION; ENZYME SYNTHESIS; GENERATOR; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; PHOTODEGRADATION; PHOTOLYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ULTRAVIOLET A RADIATION;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; GASES; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRITES; PHOTOLYSIS; SOLUTIONS; TEMPERATURE; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS; WATER;

EID: 77958150381     PISSN: 10898603     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.niox.2010.08.001     Document Type: Article

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