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Atmospheric chemistry
A scientific study of the chemistry of the Earth's atmosphere and that of other planets.
Contributors in Atmospheric chemistry
Atmospheric chemistry
Charles
Chemistry; Atmospheric chemistry
French scientist who formulated Charles's law in 1787. He was the first person to fill a large balloon with hydrogen gas, making it light enough to fly.
carbon cycle
Chemistry; Atmospheric chemistry
The process by which carbon is constantly exchanged between living things and the environments. Plants and algae absorb carbon.
diffusion
Chemistry; Atmospheric chemistry
The tendency of two substances that are mixed together to move around until both substances are in all parts of the mixture.
fog
Weather; Atmospheric chemistry
Tiny drops of water floating in the air close to the surface of the Earth. Fog is actually a cloud that has formed near the ground.
freeze
Chemistry; Atmospheric chemistry
To change from a liquid to a solid by cooling to the freezing point. Water becomes ice when it freezes.
smoke
Chemistry; Atmospheric chemistry
A mixture of carbon dioxide, water vapour, gases, and often soot that is produced by the burning of a material that contains carbon.
fire rainbows
Weather; Atmospheric chemistry
They are technically known as iridescent clouds, a relatively rare phenomenon caused by clouds of water droplets of nearly uniform size. These clouds diffract, or bend, light in a similar manner, ...
