[Nightwing]

Hey guys,
How does light increase the rate of oxidation of ascorbic acid? I am really unsure.

Any help appreciated.

[Arkcon]

This is what happens when I type it into Google:

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/12824256

This is a scholarly reference, for a very specialized application.  You can start with these sorts of references, if you're just curious.  If you have a more complete question, you can narrow down resources so that they're better for you.

[Borek]

How does light increase the rate of oxidation of

A lot depends on what detail level you are interested in. Do you know general answer to this type of questions?

[Vidya]

Do you know that ascorbic acid is sensitive to light or heat and breaks down with time due to oxidation?

[Nightwing]

How does light increase the rate of oxidation of

A lot depends on what detail level you are interested in. Do you know general answer to this type of questions?

I don't really know.

As much information will be good! (Just not too complicated).

[Borek]

In general it is always about molecules being excited by the radiation - when they are excited they are often more chemically active (require lower activation energies) and thus they react easier with whatever is available.

[Nightwing]

Thanks Borek (and everyone here for helping me).