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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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Brownian motion
Chemistry; Atmospheric chemistry
Three-dimensional, random movement of particles in a gas or liquid.
High-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC)
Chemistry; Atmospheric chemistry
Used to determine the amount of a compound in various media such as the air, water or blood. Though there are many gas-phase atmospheric components that are most easily separated by gas ...
Trade winds
Chemistry; Atmospheric chemistry
Wind systems occupying most of the tropics, which blow from 30 degrees North and South toward the equator; winds are northeasterly in the Northern Hemisphere and southeasterly in the Southern ...
Rule of 90
Chemistry; Atmospheric chemistry
The systematic numbering system originally created by the Du Pont Chemical Company in the early 1930s, which is now the standard method in the naming of chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs). ...
Stratosphere
Chemistry; Atmospheric chemistry
The thermal atmospheric region of the atmosphere between the troposphere and the mesosphere. The lower boundary of the stratospheric region is marked by the tropopause and begins at approximately 13 ...
Isotopes
Chemistry; Atmospheric chemistry
Two or more forms of an element that have the same atomic number but different numbers of neutrons in the atomic nucleus and therefore a different atomic weight. Most elements occur naturally as ...
Radical termination
Chemistry; Atmospheric chemistry
Two or more radical species reacting to form non-radical products; the nighttime reaction of nitrogen dioxide radical with ozone to produce neutral nitrogen pentoxide is an example of radical ...
