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Science 13 September 1963:
Vol. 141. no. 3585, pp. 1042 - 1043
DOI: 10.1126/science.141.3585.1042
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Hydrated Electron: Production and Role in Photobiology

George W. Swenson 1, Earl F. Zwicker 1, and Leonard I. Grossweiner 1

1 Department of Physics, Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago 16

Many inorganic anions in aqueous solution either yield the hydrated electron on photolysis or they are strong scavengers. In neutral solution the hydrated electron is a primary photochemical product of aromatic amino acids.


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