photochemistry

Noun

Meaning

The branch of chemistry which relates to the effect of light in producing chemical changes, as in photography.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

catalysis photochemical actinic photochemical reaction photobiology photolysis photodegradation astrochemistry actinochemistry photoactivation photoisomerization photosensitization photocatalysis photoexcitation photooxidation
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Hypernyms

chemistry chemical science

Related terms

photochemical

Phrases with the word

first law of photochemistry

Examples

The greatest films ever made in our history were cut on film, and I'm tenaciously hanging on to the process. I just love going into an editing room and smelling the photochemistry and seeing my editor wearing mini-strands of film around his neck. Steven Spielberg

Ionospheric ramjet The upper atmosphere above about convert contains monatomic oxygen produced by the sun through photochemistry. Source: Internet

Atkins, pp. 937–950 Many important processes involve photochemistry. Source: Internet

He then came up with his theory of acids and bases, and did work in photochemistry during the last years of his life. Source: Internet

Such pulses can be used to initiate and analyze chemical reactions, a technique known as photochemistry. Source: Internet

The process is most productive when the absorption of quanta are equal in both the PSII and PSI, assuring that input energy from the antenna complex is divided between the PSI and PSII system, which in turn powers the photochemistry. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

photochemical synthesis photochemically photochemist photochemopreventive photochemoprotective photochemotherapeutic