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
Its high-energy UV radiation in particular is strongly absorbed by all materials and triggers photochemical reactions of the substances present in the air.
From Science Daily ● Apr. 10, 2024
The foregoing are only a few of the multitude of photochemical reactions and other effects of radiant energy.
From Artificial Light Its Influence upon Civilization by Matthew Luckiesh
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