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Detection and characterization of phototransients formed in surface waters

Conference · · American Chemical Society, Division of Environmental Chemistry, Preprints; (USA)
OSTI ID:6627232
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  1. SRI, Menlo Park, CA (USA)

Absorption of sunlight (insolation) by dissolved organic matter (DOM) and nitrite and nitrate ions in natural waters leads to production of a variety of phototransients, including free radicals such as HO and RO{sub 2}, excited species such as singlet oxygen and triplet DOM, and solvated electrons and superoxide. The fate of these phototransients depends on competition among several uni- and bimolecular processes which can remove them. Detection and characterization of phototransients has only been accomplished in the last fifteen years through use of a variety of selective chemical probes, each of which tends to react with one kind of phototransient more selectively than with others; from known rates of reaction of the transient with the probe (k{sub r}) it becomes possible to estimate the steady state concentration of the phototransient.

OSTI ID:
6627232
Report Number(s):
CONF-900402--
Journal Information:
American Chemical Society, Division of Environmental Chemistry, Preprints; (USA), Journal Name: American Chemical Society, Division of Environmental Chemistry, Preprints; (USA) Vol. 30:1; ISSN ACEPC; ISSN 0093-3066
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English