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Atmospheric chemistry
A scientific study of the chemistry of the Earth's atmosphere and that of other planets.
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Atmospheric chemistry
Greenhouse gases
Chemistry; Atmospheric chemistry
Those atmospheric components that absorb strongly in the infrared region of the spectrum. Infrared radiation is reflected and emitted by the earth's surface as heat and causes a fairly large warming ...
Water vapour
Chemistry; Atmospheric chemistry
Water present in the atmosphere in gaseous form; the source of all forms of condensation and precipitation. Water vapor, clouds, and carbon dioxide are the main atmospheric components in the ...
Oleic acid
Chemistry; Atmospheric chemistry
When released into the air from cooking, can react with other atmospheric compounds, such as ozone, and create byproducts that are hazardous to our health. Oleic acid is a fatty acid found in animal ...
Atmospheric chemistry
Chemistry; Atmospheric chemistry
The scientific study of the relationships and interactions of the substances in the gases around the earth. Examples would be determination of the concentrations, sources, and sinks of ozone in the ...
Radiation flux
Chemistry; Atmospheric chemistry
This is defined as the way heat from the sun is absorbed, scattered, returned, or deposited around the earth and can be expressed as some radiation arrival rate per the unit of area of the surface. ...
Chloroethane
Chemistry; Atmospheric chemistry
This manmade VOC is highly reactive in the atmosphere. It is a gas at room temperature and when released, it readily reacts with oxidising agents, most quickly with hydroxyl radical, half life.
Efflorescence
Chemistry; Atmospheric chemistry
The reverse process of deliquescence; the drying of a salt solution when the vapour pressure of the saturated solution of a substance is greater than that of the ambient air.
