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Change of aqueous sodium nitrate under natural and artificial ultraviolet radiation

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The process of nitrite formation, by the action of the near-ultraviolet radiation on sodium nitrate solutions, is investigated both in the laboratory and at different elevations under sunlight. The release of NO x , from solutions irradiated, is found to compete with the generation of nitrite which is proportional to the radiation absorbed by the solution.

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  1. Center for Aerosol Nucleation, National Research Council of Italy, Via Vettore 4 (Monte Sacro), 00141, Roma

    Henry M. Papée

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Petriconi, G.L., Gori, E.G. & Papée, H.M. Change of aqueous sodium nitrate under natural and artificial ultraviolet radiation. PAGEOPH 72, 291–298 (1969). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00875712

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