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Offline Nightwing

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Vitamin C oxidation with light
« on: August 13, 2017, 01:00:50 AM »
Hey guys,
How does light increase the rate of oxidation of ascorbic acid? I am really unsure.

Any help appreciated.

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Re: Vitamin C oxidation with light
« Reply #1 on: August 13, 2017, 05:47:06 AM »
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.
Hey, I'm not judging.  I just like to shoot straight.  I'm a man of science.

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Re: Vitamin C oxidation with light
« Reply #2 on: August 13, 2017, 06:20:07 AM »
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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Re: Vitamin C oxidation with light
« Reply #3 on: August 18, 2017, 02:34:24 AM »
Do you know that ascorbic acid is sensitive to light or heat and breaks down with time due to oxidation?

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Re: Vitamin C oxidation with light
« Reply #4 on: August 24, 2017, 02:28:18 AM »
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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Re: Vitamin C oxidation with light
« Reply #5 on: August 24, 2017, 03:47:03 AM »
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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Re: Vitamin C oxidation with light
« Reply #6 on: August 24, 2017, 04:04:49 AM »
Thanks Borek (and everyone here for helping me).


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