Dissociation of Molecular Oxygen

O2 ? 2 O ?Ho=494kJ/mol

?=119,627kJ mol-1 nm/494 kJ mol-1

?=241 nm

Any O2 molecule that absorbs a photon of light of wavelength 241 nm or shorter has sufficient excess energy to dissociate

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