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The chief result of irradiation of cellulose acetate–butyrate with ultraviolet light is cleavage of the cellulose chains so that the average molecular weight is lowered. The exposed material dissolves more slowly in common solvents than the unexposed. The acyl content and carbon and hydrogen contents are not altered appreciably. The rate of the reaction is independent of the type of common mineral impurities, the concentration of expected decomposition products, such as acetic and butyric acids, and the molecular weight of the cellulose ester. Ultraviolet light is necessary for appreciable reaction. Wave lengths shorter than 3500 Å. are most effective; longer wave lenghts are much less active.
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R. L. Tichenor (1946) studied this question.
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