Asian Journal of Research in Chemistry

Anil Ameta ¹, Jyoti Bharadwaj ¹, Aruna Ameta ¹

Affiliations
1 Department of Chemistry, College of Science, Sukhadia University, Udaipur-313002 (Raj.), IN

Abstract

Photochemical reduction of sodium carbonate was investigated in presence of safranine-O. The progress of the reaction was observed spectrophotometrically at d_max=410 m. The effect of pH variation on the formation of formaldehyde and formic acid was investigated. Where two maxima were observed i.e. pH=6.0 and 10.0. Effect of various other parameter like concentration of carbonate intensity of light etc. The rate of photocatalytic reduction was also studied.

Keywords

Photochemical Reduction, Carbonate, Safranine-O, Formaldehyde, Formic Acid.

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