Atmospheric chemistry

Atmospheric chemistry

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

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Acetone

Chemistry; Atmospheric chemistry

C 3 H 6 O, a carbonyl compound that is found in the atmosphere as a reactive gas. Acetone is considered to be a volatile organic compound (VOC), which is emitted into the atmosphere by industrial ...

C 2 F 6 , an odourless halocarbon that meets all requirements of a greenhouse gas: unreactive to OH… and ozone, does not photodissociate from either UV or visible light, is insoluble in water, and ...

Butanal

Chemistry; Atmospheric chemistry

C 4 H 8 O A highly flammable, corrosive compound that causes burns; the aldehyde of butane. Also a colourless liquid, with a pungent smell that condenses and oxidises in higher temperature of the ...

Pentanal

Chemistry; Atmospheric chemistry

C 5 H 10 O is a flammable, volatile, colourless liquid. When this compound evaporates from industrial settings or, more commonly, is produced by tropospheric reactions in urban settings, it can ...

Propionaldehyde

Chemistry; Atmospheric chemistry

C 3 H 6 O, a colourless liquid that enters the atmosphere by emissions from the manufacture of plastics, synthesis of rubber, and as a disinfectant and a preservative.

Chlorine atoms

Chemistry; Atmospheric chemistry

Cl, the seventeenth element in the periodic table of elements. It has a atomic weight of 35. 453 grammes per mole. It has 17 protons in its nucleus and 7 electrons in its outer shell, an odd number ...

Chlorine

Chemistry; Atmospheric chemistry

Cl 2 , molecular chlorine. In the stratosphere, atomic (radical) chlorine is very destructive because it depletes the greatly needed ozone layer which protects the earth from ultraviolet radiation ...