Photochemical processes refer to chemical reactions or changes that are triggered by light energy. It means that when light interacts with certain substances, it can cause reactions or create new substances.
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Because the potential
for photochemical processes to occur is increasing, knowing this material has limited reactivity to photochemical degradation is important, Spencer added.
His role, specifically, is to determine how uncertainties in the data could affect the simulation of
the photochemical processes occurring in Titan's atmosphere.
The photochemical processes taking place in Titan's atmosphere, astrobiologists believe, may provide clues of how organic molecules — and eventually living things — were generated on the primitive earth.
Tracking the ozone lets us track
the photochemical processes taking place in the Martian atmosphere.
The idea is often attributed to Italian photochemist Giacomo Ciamician who, just over a century ago, predicted that in the future «
the photochemical processes that hitherto have been the guarded secret of the plants... will have been mastered by human industry».
On the walls he hung the Schleifenbilder, canvases which made use of
the photochemical process and manganese, and the Spiegebilde, large - scale paintings made with enamel and gold leaf.