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EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY > PHOTOCHEMISTRY > PHOTOLYSIS RATES  

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  • The destruction of a molecule by electromagnetic radiation, which provides the energy required for a constituent atom to break the chemical bonds between it and the other atoms comprising the molecule. [Environmental Science and Technology; v.28; p.1300; 1994.][Review of Scientific Instruments; v.59; p.1307; 1988.]

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