PHOTOCHEMICAL FORMATION OF H2O2 IN NATURAL-WATERS EXPOSED TO SUNLIGHT
PHOTOCHEMICAL FORMATION OF H2O2 IN NATURAL-WATERS EXPOSED TO SUNLIGHT
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DOI:
10.1021/es00175a004
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发表时间:
1988-10-01
影响因子:
11.4
通讯作者:
PLANE, JMC
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作者:
COOPER, WJ;ZIKA, RG;PLANE, JMC
Hydrogen peroxide is formed in most natural waters when they are exposed to sunlight. The rate at which H2O2 accumulates is related to the concentration of light-absorbing (> 295 nm) organic substances in these waters. The photochemical accumulation rate of H2O2 in sunlight has been measured for several surface waters and groundwaters and was found to be 2.7 .times. 10-7 to 48 .times. 10-7 mol L-1 h-1, in waters ranging from 0.53 to 18 mg L-1 dissolved organic carbon (DOC) respectively. These rates were determined in midday sunlight, 0.4 W m-2 (295-385 nm), latitude 24.3.degree. N. Apparent quantum yields of H2O2 have been determined for natural waters at different wavelengths. These quantum yields decreased with increasing wavelength, from 10-3 in the near-ultraviolet to 10-6 in the visible spectral range. The quantum yields have been used in a photochemical model to calculate H2O2 accumulation rates of natural water samples. Model calculations agree with H2O2 accumulation rates obtained from exposing three different water samples to sunlight.