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Standard IX

Chemistry

Photochemical Reaction

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Question

Photochemical reactions have the following characteristics:

These requires photons to interact with chemical species

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Each molecule absorbs only one photon to get itself excited

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It is not necessary for an excited molecule to show always chemical change

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Light is essential for photochemical reaction

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Solution

The correct options are
A These requires photons to interact with chemical species
B Light is essential for photochemical reaction
C Each molecule absorbs only one photon to get itself excited
Photochemical reaction, a chemical reaction initiated by the absorption of energy in the form of light. The consequence of molecules' absorbing light is the creation of transient excited states whose chemical and physical properties differ greatly from the original molecules.

Option A is correct. Chemical species absorb photons and create new compounds as in the photosynthesis in plants in which sunlight energy is stored in the form of chemical energy by forming carbohydrates from atmospheric carbon dioxide and water and releasing molecular oxygen as a byproduct.
Option B is correct. Each molecule take only one photons.
Option C is wrong. As per definition, the chemical and physical properties of the excited molecule is different from original molecules.
Option D is correct. Light energy (consisting of photons) is necessary for the reaction.

Hence, A, B and D is correct.

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