photo-oxidationn.
/ˌfəʊtəʊˈɒksᵻdeɪʃn/, U.S. /ˈˌfoʊdoʊˌɑksəˈdeɪʃ(ə)n/ Oxidation caused by the action of light.
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the world > matter > physics > electromagnetic radiation > light > scientific effects of light > [adjective] > of chemical action of light > involving photo-oxidation
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1888 Chem. Photogr. (1889) 269 The photo-oxidation of lead compounds, of mercurous oxide,..and of sulphides, proceeds more rapidly in the red than in the violet rays.
1940 Amer. Jrnl. Bot. 27 215/2 Another kind of light respiration or photoxidation occurs in the chloroplast at high light intensities in the presence of the oxygen of the air.
1956 Nature 17 Mar. 513/2 The Bituminous Binder Research Unit has completed a preliminary investigation of photo-oxidation in the weathering of binders on the road.
1971 Jrnl. Oil & Colour Chemists' Assoc. 54 846 Bleaching by sunlight may be due to photo-oxidation of double bonds.
1995 School Sci. Rev. June 68/1 Pentacene and hexacene are sensitive to photo-oxidation, and heptacene is so reactive it has never been isolated in a pure state.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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