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Claim · claim:photosynthesis-drives

Incident radiation flux —drives→ Photosynthesis

The atlas records this claim as established: an incident radiation flux drives photosynthesis under the conditions below.

establishedK8 · commercial technologyledger radiative → chemical · loss to thermalno record-level review date

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Conditions

  • photosynthetically active radiation (400–700 nm), water, CO₂, temperatures roughly 0–45 °C
regime: aqueous medium required · illumination required · room temperature

Evidence · 2

  1. [1]
    R. E. Blankenship, et al.. Comparing photosynthetic and photovoltaic efficiencies and recognizing the potential for improvement (2011)
    Science 332, 805–809 · doi:10.1126/science.1200165 · crossref ✓ 2026-09-19 · record
  2. [2]
    R. E. Blankenship. Molecular Mechanisms of Photosynthesis (2nd ed.) (2014)
    Wiley-Blackwell · book, no DOI · record

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Uses of this claim

recorded pathways · 1

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Physical Transformation Atlas (2026). claim claim:photosynthesis-drives: Incident radiation flux —drives→ Photosynthesis. Dataset revision rbfbfcbb70e57 (hash of the canonical data). https://physical-transformation-atlas.wldud5192.workers.dev/claim/photosynthesis-drives

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