Open AccessThe photo-chemistry of potassium permanganate.-Part II. On the energetics of the photo-decomposition of potassium permanganate
Author(s) -
Eric K. Rideal,
R. G. W. Norrish
Publication year - 1923
Publication title -
proceedings of the royal society of london. series a, containing papers of a mathematical and physical character
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2053-9150
pISSN - 0950-1207
DOI - 10.1098/rspa.1923.0063
Subject(s) - potassium permanganate , chemistry , potassium , absorption spectroscopy , visible spectrum , decomposition , permanganate , photochemistry , inorganic chemistry , optics , physics , organic chemistry
It has been demonstrated in a previous communication that potassium permanganate is decomposed on illumination by light from the quartz mercury-vapour lamp. It was, therefore, of interest to determine the wave-length of the chemically active light and to investigate if possible the validity of the Einstein law of photo-chemical equivalent which so far has been stated not to apply to substances in solution. A study was, therefore, made of the absorption spectrum of potassium permanganate, particularly with reference to the ultra-violet, since this region is the most lacking in qualitative data. The absorption in the visible regions of the spectrum has been studied by many authors, notably Formänek, and has recently been the subject of an interesting contribution by Hagenbach and percy, who have the subject of an interesting contribution by Hagenbach and percy, who have resolved it into a simple spectral series.