Hydroxyl radical quantum yields from isopropyl nitrite photolysis in air

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 44, Issue 21, 2010, Pages 8150-8155

  Raff, Jonathan D ^a   Finlayson Pitts, Barbara J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALKOXY RADICALS; ALKYL NITRITES; CROSS SECTION; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTROMETRY; FUNCTION OF TIME; HYDROXYL RADICAL FORMATION; HYDROXYL RADICALS; LABORATORY STUDIES; NO CONCENTRATION; OH RADICAL; SECONDARY REACTIONS; UV-VISIBLE;

ALKYLATION; ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; FOURIER TRANSFORMS; FREE RADICALS; NITROGEN COMPOUNDS; PHOTOLYSIS;

QUANTUM YIELD;

HYDROXYL RADICAL; ISOPROPYL NITRITE; NITRITE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

FTIR SPECTROSCOPY; HYDROXYL RADICAL; IRRADIATION; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; PHOTOLYSIS; QUANTUM MECHANICS; TROPOSPHERE;

ARTICLE; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; PHOTOLYSIS; QUANTUM YIELD; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

AIR POLLUTANTS; ATMOSPHERE; HYDROXYL RADICAL; NITRITES; PHOTOLYSIS; SPECTROSCOPY, FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS;

EID: 78549283538     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es102218d     Document Type: Article

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