photodissociation
Photodissociation is the breakup of molecules through exposure to light. It occurs, for example, at the edges of a cloud of cool molecular gas when illuminated by ultraviolet radiation from nearby hot stars.
Photodissociation is the breakup of molecules through exposure to light. It occurs, for example, at the edges of a cloud of cool molecular gas when illuminated by ultraviolet radiation from nearby hot stars.