Atmospheric chemistry

Atmospheric chemistry

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

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Formaldehyde

Chemistry; Atmospheric chemistry

CH 2 O, A colorless, pungent, carcinogenic, and toxic gas which can irritate membranes. It is used as formalin in its aqueous state (37 %). Formaldehyde is reactive due to its carbonyl functional ...

Methyl chloroform

Chemistry; Atmospheric chemistry

CH 3 CCl 3 , a synthetic organic compound that has been used as a substitute for earlier solvents that contributed to air pollution. Methyl chloroform is now known to cause destruction to ...

CH 3 CH 3 , a hydrocarbon found in the atmosphere whose primary fate is to react with free radicals such as chlorine and nitrous oxide. This reaction would prevent these radicals from reacting with ...

Formic acid

Chemistry; Atmospheric chemistry

CH 2 O 2 , A weak acid that photolytically reacts in the atmosphere forming COOH radical and H radical. This compound often reacts with the hydroxyl radical and atomic oxygen to form formic acid and ...

Methyl chloride

Chemistry; Atmospheric chemistry

CH 3 Cl, this compound supplies chlorine to the stratosphere by occasional volcanic eruptions and by tropospheric to stratospheric transport. Methyl chloride is also produced by seaweed. The ...

Methyl radical

Chemistry; Atmospheric chemistry

CH 3 . is formed, along with water, from the reaction of methane (CH 4 ) and the hydroxyl radical (OH . ). This begins a series of reactions that eventually produces ozone(O 3 ).

Radiocarbon dating

Chemistry; Atmospheric chemistry

Establishing the relative age of various materials with the use of carbon-14. This involves measuring the amount of 14 C and of 12 C and comparing the measured ratio to the one established by the ...