photochemical
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Cleaner cars have wrought wonders in getting rid of photochemical smog, when all we need to do is buy one.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 26, 2026
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
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
In general, great intensities of blue light and of the closely associated rays are necessary for most photochemical reactions with which man is industrially interested.
From Artificial Light Its Influence upon Civilization by Matthew Luckiesh
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