Small Scale Reactor for Ultraviolet Photochemistry
James E. Gano, Andrew J. Gano, Patricia Garry, and Padmanabhan Sekher
Bowman-Oddy Laboratories, Department of Chemistry, University of Toledo, Toledo, OH 43606
A simple, versatile, inexpensive, synthetic photochemical reactor is described. A variety of wavelengths, such as 214 (Zn), 229 (Cd), and 254 nm (Hg), can be applied to gram quantities of material. It can be constructed using modest glassblowing skills.
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Gano, James E.; Gano, Andrew J.; Garry, Patricia; Sekher, Padmanabhan. J. Chem. Educ.2002 79 1361.
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