Atmospheric chemistry

Atmospheric chemistry

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

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1,2,4-trimethylbenzene

Chemistry; Atmospheric chemistry

A colorless, flammable liquid with the formula C 9 H 12 . It occurs naturally in coal tar and petroleum crude oil and therefore ends up in gasoline. It is a major component (typically 40%) of a ...

A combination of carbon, hydrogen, sulfur, oxygen, nitrogen, and other trace elements synthesised or originating from natural sources such as plants and animals. Human excreta, paper products, food, ...

Diethyl ether

Chemistry; Atmospheric chemistry

A colourless liquid that was first used in 1842 as an anaesthetic in surgeries by inhalation. This liquid is highly flammable and has volatile properties. It is commonly referred to simple as ...

London type smog

Chemistry; Atmospheric chemistry

A combination of several gases and particulate matter that forms during a cover of fog or in the event of a low lying temperature inversion. The gases present include sulphur dioxide as a result of ...

Peroxyacetylnitrate (PANS)

Chemistry; Atmospheric chemistry

A class of chemical substances found as a pollutant in the troposphere, formed by photolysis from natural and manufactured organic chemicals. These chemicals act as irritants and mutagens in mammals ...

Carbon cycle

Chemistry; Atmospheric chemistry

A complex cycle that circulates carbon through the atmosphere, oceans, and land which includes vegetation and soil and carbon is in various forms and oxidation states throughout the cycle.

Sorption

Chemistry; Atmospheric chemistry

A class of processes by which one material is taken up by another. Absorption is refers to the process of the penetration of one material into another; adsorption to the action of one material being ...