Product quantum yields for the 305-nm photodecomposition of nitrate in aqueous solution
Product quantum yields for the 305-nm photodecomposition of nitrate in aqueous solution
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10.1021/j100333a022
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1988-11
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P. Warneck;C. Wurzinger
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作者:
P. Warneck;C. Wurzinger
The radical scavenging technique with product analysis was employed to determine quantum yields for the two main processes (1) NO/sub 3//sup -/ + hv = NO/sub 2//sup -/ + O and (2) NO/sub 3//sup -/ + H/sup +/ hv = NO/sub 2/ + OH in dilute, air-saturated solutions of sodium nitrate. Oxygen atoms were detected by their reaction with cyclopentene and the production of ethene. The quantum yield found was /phi/(O) = (1.1 /plus minus/ 0.1) x 10/sup -3/. The generation of OH radicals was confirmed by their reactions with benzene to give phenol and with 2-propanol to produce acetone. The second reaction was used to establish an OH quantum yield of /phi/(OH) = (9.2 /plus minus/ 0.4) x 10/sup -3/. Nitrite was formed with a similar yield in the pH region 5-12, whereas at lower pH the yield declined. Formate as a scavenger converts OH radicals toward O/sub 2//sup -//HO/sub 2/ radicals which produce H/sub 2/O/sub 2/. The yield of H/sub 2/O/sub 2/ at pH 5.6 was lower than expected whereas that of NO/sub 2//sup -/ was higher. Reactions are postulated to explain this observation as well as the pH dependence of nitrite formation.