Photooxidation-induced changes in optical, electrochemical, and photochemical properties of humic substances

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 48, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 2688-2696

  Sharpless, Charles M ^a   Aeschbacher, Michael ^b,c   Page, Sarah E ^c   Wenk, Jannis ^c,d,e,f   Sander, Michael ^c   McNeill, Kristopher ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARY WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b BMG Engineering Ltd   (Switzerland)

^c ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^d SWISS FEDERAL INSTITUTE OF AQUATIC SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Switzerland)

^e 109 McLaughlin Hall   (United States)

^f ReNUWIt Engineering Research Center   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; CHROMOPHORES; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; ORGANIC ACIDS; QUANTUM YIELD; SOILS;

DOMINANT PROCESS; ELECTRON-ACCEPTING; ELECTRON-DONATING; MICROENVIRONMENTS; PHOTOCHEMICAL PROPERTIES; SELECTIVE DESTRUCTION; SOIL HUMIC ACIDS; SPECIFIC UV ABSORBANCE;

PHOTOOXIDATION;

FULVIC ACID; HUMIC ACID; OXYGEN; PHENOL DERIVATIVE; QUINONE DERIVATIVE; SINGLET OXYGEN; BENZOPYRAN DERIVATIVE; HUMIC SUBSTANCE; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; SOIL;

ABSORBANCE; HUMIC SUBSTANCE; IRRADIATION; OPTICAL PROPERTY; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; REDOX CONDITIONS; SOIL POLLUTION;

ARTICLE; BLEACHING; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; GEL PERMEATION CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMIC SUBSTANCE; IRRADIATION; MICROENVIRONMENT; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; OPTICS; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; PHOTOOXIDATION; PHOTOSENSITIZATION; QUANTUM YIELD; ANALYSIS; CHEMISTRY; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; RADIATION RESPONSE; SOIL; ULTRAVIOLET SPECTROPHOTOMETRY;

BENZOPYRANS; HUMIC SUBSTANCES; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; PHOTOBLEACHING; PHOTOCHEMICAL PROCESSES; SINGLET OXYGEN; SOIL; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY, ULTRAVIOLET;

EID: 84895558442     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es403925g     Document Type: Article

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