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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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Ice sheet
Chemistry; Atmospheric chemistry
A thick glacier formed above land that covers an area close to 20,000 square miles. The only two ice sheets know today are Antarctica and Greenland with Antarctica being the biggest.
Vernal equinox
Chemistry; Atmospheric chemistry
A time during the spring season when the sun is directly above the equator which results in an equal amount of time for day and night.
Enthalpy
Chemistry; Atmospheric chemistry
A thermodynamic variable that is a system's internal energy plus the product of its pressure and volume: H = E + PV.
Trichloroethylene (TCE)
Chemistry; Atmospheric chemistry
C 2 HCl 3 , this is an industrial solvent used primarily for vapour degreasing and cold cleaning. It is an extraction solvent for greases, oils, fats, waxes, and tars, and is used by the textile ...
Vinyl chloride
Chemistry; Atmospheric chemistry
C 2 H 3 Cl, synonyms: Ethylene, chloro-; Chloroethene; Chloroethylene; Monochloroethylene; Vinyl chloride; Vinyl chloride monomer. This colourless gas is used mainly to produce polyvinylchloride. ...
Acetaldehyde
Chemistry; Atmospheric chemistry
C 2 H 4 O, a fairly simple aldehyde (second in the analogous series after formaldehyde) that is found in the atmosphere as a result of emissions from the manufacture of acetic acid, plastics, raw ...
Acetic acid
Chemistry; Atmospheric chemistry
C 2 H 4 O 2 , a carbonyl compound that is emitted into the troposphere by both natural and anthropogenic processes. In the troposphere, acetic acid is present in the gas phase and is highly water ...
