Atmospheric chemistry

Atmospheric chemistry

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

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Vertical flux

Chemistry; Atmospheric chemistry

In dry deposition this refers to the rate at which a gas particle is deposited onto another surface without the aid of precipitation. Vertical flux equals concentration of the species multiplied by ...

Mercury

Chemistry; Atmospheric chemistry

Mercury is a toxic heavy metal released into the atmosphere, most significantly, through the burning of coal in coal-fired power plants and from Hg-cell chloralkali plants where Hg acts as a flowing ...

Nitrous oxide

Chemistry; Atmospheric chemistry

N 2 O, this is a by-product of biological activity of a symbiotic bacteria living in leguminous plant roots. It is a principal greenhouse gas that absorbs in the infrared wavelength region and ...

Ozone formation

Chemistry; Atmospheric chemistry

Molecular oxygen in the stratosphere is broken into a pair of oxygen radicals by light with a wavelength of 240 nanometers or less. If one of these O radicals encounters an oxygen molecule, it can ...

Dinitrogen pentoxide

Chemistry; Atmospheric chemistry

N 2 O 5 , a compound that contributes to ozone depletion during springtime in the Antarctic. This occurs because ozone converts some nitrogen dioxide radical to nitrogen trioxide radical, which ...

Nitrogen

Chemistry; Atmospheric chemistry

N 2 , a colorless, tasteless, odourless gas which makes up 78. 1% of the atmosphere. Atmospheric nitrogen is converted by nitrogen fixation and nitrification into compounds used by plants and ...

Zeolite

Chemistry; Atmospheric chemistry

Microporus silicate or aluminosilicate structured minerals that can act as an absorbing philtre or sieve on a molecular level. Mainly used by the petroleum industry for the cracking of petroleum or ...