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Hydrogen peroxide evolution during V-UV photolysis of water

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Hydrogen peroxide evolution during the vacuum-ultraviolet (V-UV, 172 nm) photolysis of water is considerably affected by the presence of oxalic acid (employed as a model water pollutant) and striking differences are observed in the absence and in the presence of dioxygen.

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    Kamal Azrague, Eric Bonnefille, Vincent Pradines, Véronique Pimienta, Marie-Thérèse Maurette & Florence Benoit-Marquié

  2. Lehrstuhl für Umweltmesstechnik, Engler-Bunte-Institut, Universität Karlsruhe, D-76128, Karlsruhe, Germany

    Esther Oliveros

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Azrague, K., Bonnefille, E., Pradines, V. et al. Hydrogen peroxide evolution during V-UV photolysis of water. Photochem Photobiol Sci 4, 406–408 (2005). https://doi.org/10.1039/b500162e

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