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Chemistry Forums for Students => High School Chemistry Forum => Topic started by: Nightwing on August 13, 2017, 01:00:50 AM
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Hey guys,
How does light increase the rate of oxidation of ascorbic acid? I am really unsure.
Any help appreciated.
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This is what happens when I type it into Google:
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/12824256
This is a scholarly reference, for a very specialized application. You can start with these sorts of references, if you're just curious. If you have a more complete question, you can narrow down resources so that they're better for you.
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How does light increase the rate of oxidation of
A lot depends on what detail level you are interested in. Do you know general answer to this type of questions?
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Do you know that ascorbic acid is sensitive to light or heat and breaks down with time due to oxidation?
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How does light increase the rate of oxidation of
A lot depends on what detail level you are interested in. Do you know general answer to this type of questions?
I don't really know.
As much information will be good! (Just not too complicated).
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In general it is always about molecules being excited by the radiation - when they are excited they are often more chemically active (require lower activation energies) and thus they react easier with whatever is available.
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Thanks Borek (and everyone here for helping me).