POSSIBILITIES ON THE RADIATION-INDUCED INCORPORATION OF CO2 AND CO INTO ORGANIC-COMPOUNDS

Carbon dioxide is the major combustion product of fossil fuels; it has a strong environmental influence and is blamed for the greenhouse eff ect and all consequences resulting from it. It has been shown that aqu eous CO2 as well as CO can be converted into simple organic substances or incorporated in such under the influence of ionizing radiation or uv.-light. This paper deals with utilization possibilities of CO2 and CO as raw materials for chemical synthesis. Some previously reported d ata on model substances will be reviewed and new results presented.