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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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Coriolis force
Chemistry; Atmospheric chemistry
A fictional source associated with the earth's rotation. It results in the deflection of all objects not at the equator to the right in the direction of motion in the northern hemisphere and to the ...
Hypsometric diagram
Chemistry; Atmospheric chemistry
A graph that shows in any way the relative amounts of Earth's surface at different elevations with regard to sea level.
Pangea
Chemistry; Atmospheric chemistry
A huge protocontinent thought to have existed 200 million years ago and from which all present continents are thought to have formed. ,
Uranium
Chemistry; Atmospheric chemistry
A radioactive element found in the actinide series on the periodic table. It has the chemical symbol of U, standard atomic weight of 238. 02891 and 92 protons. This element is useful producing ...
Termolecular reaction
Chemistry; Atmospheric chemistry
A reaction containing three particles. In the atmosphere an example of a termolecular reaction is one in which a molecule acquires the excess energy released by a reaction so that the products ...
Abstraction reaction
Chemistry; Atmospheric chemistry
A reaction that takes any atom away from another chemical species. Classical examples in atmospheric chemistry are the gas phase removal of hydrogen from methane by hydroxyl radical or the following ...
Oxidation
Chemistry; Atmospheric chemistry
A process that results in a species having a higher (more positive) oxidation state, that is, the net loss of electrons from an atom. Quite often oxygen is involved in the oxidation of another atom; ...
