STABILITY OF PLANKTON OIL FILMS TO ARTIFICAL SUNLIGHT

Abstract

Plankton oil monolayers spread on synthetic sea water and exposed to radiation approximating sunlight expand rapidly during the first several hours of exposure. There is an accompanying increase in collapse pressure. One case studied showed film breakdown to begin after 15-hours exposure time as evidenced by a decrease in the specific area of the film after this time and by the solution of the reaction products. It is concluded that plankton oil films do not disappear by photocatalyzed oxidation for periods equivalent to at least two days sunlight but they w ll subsequently dissolve by molecular scission. (Author)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jun 13, 1962
Accession Number
AD0277920

Entities

People

  • C.o. Timmons

Organizations

  • United States Naval Research Laboratory

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Collapse
  • Electromagnetic Radiation
  • Films
  • Light (Electromagnetic Radiation)
  • Monomolecular Films
  • Oxidation
  • Plankton
  • Radiation
  • Sea Water
  • Solar Radiation
  • Sunlight
  • Water

Readers

  • Cardiovascular Physiology
  • Marine Ecotoxicology
  • Thin Film Deposition Science.