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Science 25 November 1966:
Vol. 154. no. 3752, pp. 1012 - 1013
DOI: 10.1126/science.154.3752.1012
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Photochemical Evolution of Oxygen from Certain Aqueous Solutions

Bracha Behar 1 and Gabriel Stein 1

1 Department of Physical Chemistry, Hebrew University, Jerusalem, Israel

Illumination of aqueous solutions containing ferric ions and hydrogen peroxide leads to evolution of 02 by way of a chain reaction. The photochemically active intermediate is the complex between Fe3 and HO2-. The effects of pH and concentration of the reagent on the quantum yield (chain length) are reported.

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