List of Abbreviations and Symbols
A -- frequency factor
abs. -- absorption
abstr. -- abstraction
ABTS -- 2,2'-azinobis(3-ethylbenzothiazoline-6-sulfonate)
addn. -- addition
anal. -- analysis
tert-BuOH -- tert-butyl alcohol (2-methyl-2-propanol)
BV -- benzyl viologen
calcd. -- calculated
c.k. -- competition kinetics
concn. -- concentration
condy. -- conductivity
contg. -- containing
cor. -- corrected
D37 -- radiation dose at which 37% of the substrate is inactivated
detd. -- determined
d.k. -- decay kinetics (decay of radical absorption and bleaching of substrate absorption)
DMPO -- 5,5-dimethyl-1-pyrroline-1-oxyl
e -- extinction coefficient (molar absorptivity)
Ea -- activation energy
EtOH -- ethanol
esr -- electron spin resonance
estd. -- estimated
e.t. -- electron transfer
f.p. -- flash photolysis
formn. -- formation
g-r. -- gamma radiolysis
G -- radiation yield (molecules per 100 eV)
I -- ionic strength
J -- joules (4.184 J = 1 cal)
K -- equilibrium constant
k -- rate constant
kf -- specific rate of the forward reaction
kr -- specific rate of the reverse reaction
L -- ligand
meas. -- measured
MeOH -- methanol
MV -- methyl viologen
N -- newton (133 N m–2 = 1 torr)
obs. -- observed
o.d. -- optical density
opt. -- optical
Ph -- phenyl
PNBPA -- p-nitrobenzoato(pentaammine)cobalt(III) ion
p.b.k. -- product buildup kinetics
phot. -- photolysis
pKa -- negative logarithm of the equilibrium acid dissociation
constant, e.g., where AH + H2O <=> A– + H3O+
p.r. -- pulse radiolysis
prod. -- product
PrOH -- propanol
redn. -- reduction
rel. -- relative
RNO -- N,N-dimethyl-4-nitrosoaniline
satd. -- saturated
SDS -- sodium dodecylsulfate
s.f. -- stopped-flow
soln. -- solution
TAN -- 2,2,6,6-tetramethyl-4-piperidone N-oxyl
therm. -- thermal
TMB -- 1,3,5-trimethoxybenzene