Analytical Chemistry Seminar
January
23
Mon
2017
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
Open to Public
Analytical & Environmental Chemistry Division and Atmospheric Chemistry Program Seminar
Jointly sponsored by the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, CIRES, and the Environmental Program
UV Photochemistry of Carboxylic Acids at the Air-Sea Boundary: A Relevant Source of Glyoxal and other OVOC in the Marine Atmosphere
by Randall Chiu - Analytical division 3rd year student, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, and CIRES; University of Colorado Boulder
Photochemistry plays an important role in marine dissolved organic carbon (DOC) degradation, but the mechanisms that convert DOC into volatile organic compounds (VOCs) remain poorly understood. We irradiated carboxylic acids (C7-C9) on a simulated ocean surface with UV light (