The kinetics of photochemical processes in polymer-salt systems

The kinetics of photochemical reactions in aqueous polymer-salt systems containing ammonium heptamolybdate, dodecatungstate, or metavanadate and polyvinyl alcohol or polyvinylpyrrolidone was studied by measurements of photoinduced electrode potential difference. The rate of primary accumulation of reduced d metal forms was evaluated for different systems. Possible reasons for complex oscillatory processes in the systems were analyzed. Comparative data were obtained for compositions containing polyoxometallate shaped like buckyball:(NH₄)₄₂[Mo₇₂^VIMo₆₀^VO₃₇₂(HCOO)₃₀(H₂O)₇₂] · 30HCOONH₄ · 250H₂O. UV irradiation of this system caused the oxidation of molybdenum(V). Original Russian Text ? A.A. Ostroushko, M.Yu. Sennikov, 2009, published in Zhurnal Fizicheskoi Khimii, 2009, Vol. 83, No. 1, pp. 127–131.