Artigo Revisado por pares

Helmholtz's treatise on physiological optics

1924; Elsevier BV; Volume: 198; Issue: 6 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1016/s0016-0032(24)90484-4

ISSN

1879-2693

Autores

Hermann L. F. Helmholtz, James P. C. Southall, Allvar Gullstrand, Johannes von Kries, Wolfgang E. Nagel,

Tópico(s)

Optical Imaging and Spectroscopy Techniques

Resumo

The photochemical law governing chemical conversion of a photoactive species is derived and solved analytically. In the absence of solution mixing, the law predicts a remarkable symmetry in which the dependence of light intensity on distance matches the dependence of concentration on time. An exact method is described whereby a time sequence of experimental transmittance/absorbance data obtained during a light-induced chemical process can provide a value of the quantum yield for the photoreaction. It is demonstrated that this procedure is not invalidated by solution mixing.

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