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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
Ice core
Chemistry; Atmospheric chemistry
Often used by humans to determine the historic chemical composition of the atmosphere; the source of the ice core is the snow which falls on the glacier which consolidates upon freezing and in which ...
Ozone
Chemistry; Atmospheric chemistry
O 3 , is a molecule that consists of three oxygen atoms bonded together. The ozone layer in the stratosphere absorbs UV radiation and creates a warm layer of air in the stratosphere and is therefore ...
Oxygen
Chemistry; Atmospheric chemistry
O 2 , is found on Earth as a gas and constitutes about 20. 8% of the air we breathe. Elemental molecular oxygen consists of two oxygen atoms bonded together. A photochemical reaction of oxygen is ...
Nitrogen oxides
Chemistry; Atmospheric chemistry
NO x (pronounced "nox") are produced from high temperature combustion in air. They are nitrogen oxide and nitrogen dioxide (see above). Nitrogen monoxide is produced to varying degrees by all ...
Oxygen radical
Chemistry; Atmospheric chemistry
O . is the result of the oxygen molecule (O 2 ) being photodissociated at a wavelength less than 242 nm. These two oxygen atoms react with O 2 (in the presence of a third body) and create ozone ...
Aerosol particles
Chemistry; Atmospheric chemistry
One of the components of an atmospheric air parcel, comprised of minute solids particles part of which is almost certainly water.
Sulphur dioxide
Chemistry; Atmospheric chemistry
SO 2 This is a colourless gas consisting of a single sulphur atom and two oxygen atoms. sulphur dioxide is a major primary pollutant in the atmosphere originating mostly from coal fired power ...
