photochemical
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But as we would find out, our smog — photochemical smog — made the air taste like poison and look like something you’d put out with the garbage.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 26, 2026
Not the good, high-altitude ozone that shields us from dangerous UV light, but bad ozone, hovering right above ground level — stinking, brownish, grayish photochemical smog.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 26, 2026
They targeted a photochemical reaction in which molecules absorb energy from photons and transfer it to a neighbor.
From Science Magazine ● May 30, 2024
Moreover, the combination of different 2D materials, called heterostructures, expands the diversity of their electrical, photochemical, and magnetic properties.
From Science Daily ● Feb. 8, 2024
In general, it may be said that the arc-lamps including the mercury-arcs provide the most active illuminants for photochemical processes; however, a large number of electric incandescent filament lamps are used in photographic work.
From Artificial Light Its Influence upon Civilization by Luckiesh, Matthew
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