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photolysis

Chemical reaction that is driven by light or ultraviolet radiation and involves splitting a molecule. For example, the light reaction of photosynthesis (the process by which green plants manufacture carbohydrates from carbon dioxide and water) is a photolytic reaction.



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Photo-degradation of aromatic polyurethanes undergoes two main paths, photolysis and photo-oxidation.
Localized effects occur in the immediate vicinity of the plasma channel and include thermal oxidation within the plasma channel, vacuum UV photolysis at the surface of the plasma channel, and supercritical oxidation within the subsequent steam bubbles.
Photobleaching Behavior Upon photolysis in the presence of hydrogen donor such as coinitiator amine, excited triplet MK moiety will abstract hydrogen rapidly and produce two kinds of radicals, which results in the destruction of MK moiety.
 
 
 
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