Atmospheric chemistry

Atmospheric chemistry

A scientific study of the chemistry of the Earth's atmosphere and that of other planets.

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hydrocarbons

Chemistry; Atmospheric chemistry

Chemicals containing only carbon and hydrogen. These are of prime economic importance because they encompass the constituents of the major fossil fuels, petroleum and natural gas, as well as ...

chlorine atoms

Chemistry; Atmospheric chemistry

Cl, the seventeenth element in the periodic table of elements. It has a atomic weight of 35. 453 grams per mole. It has 17 protons in its nucleus and 7 electrons in its outer shell, an odd number ...

Cl 2 , molecular chlorine. In the stratosphere, atomic (radical) chlorine is very destructive because it depletes the greatly needed ozone layer which protects the earth from ultraviolet radiation ...

chlorine monoxide

Chemistry; Atmospheric chemistry

ClO, a radical species (with an odd number of electrons in its outer shell) which plays an important role in the breakdown of stratospheric ozone over Antarctica. Formed by the photolysis of CFCs in ...

chlorine dioxide

Chemistry; Atmospheric chemistry

ClO 2 , a radical, undergoes photodecomposition in the stratosphere where the products of this reaction react with ozone. Since this is a photochemical reaction it only takes place while the sun is ...

chlorine nitrate

Chemistry; Atmospheric chemistry

ClONO 2 , this is a stratospheric reservoir species for chlorine and nitrogen, two of the catalysts in the breakdown of ozone. Frankly, it is named in a confusing manner; it is formed from the ...