A Kinetic Study of a Fuel Oil Undergoing Photochemical Weathering

1 January 1974

journal article
research article
Published by Taylor & Francis in Environmental Letters

Vol. 7 (2) , 145-161
https://doi.org/10.1080/00139307409437393

Abstract

This project was undertaken in an attempt to gain some insight into the photochemical weathering of a fuel oil. A solution of residual No. 6 oil was exposed to ultraviolet light, and the resulting reactions were monitored using ultraviolet spectrophotometry. The data obtained were compared to various kinetic models, i.e., first order, second order, and second order auto-catalytic. Although all three models agreed well with the data, statistical analysis indicates that the auto-catalytic model is the most probable.

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