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Experiments with Acid Blue 62 as a model compound for dyes were perfor
med under steady-state conditions, using deoxygenated solutions as wel
l as those saturated with N2O oxygen or oxygen mixed with N2O. The yie
ld of decoloration served as an indicator for the degradation process.
Oxygen seems to inhibit radiation-induced decomposition of the dye in
aqueous solution.