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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
Catalytic converter
Chemistry; Atmospheric chemistry
An air pollution control device using the exhaust system of cars. The converter helps complete combustion of any fuel that was not burned in the engine and reduce the presence of other harmful ...
Environmental Protection Agency (U.S. EPA)
Chemistry; Atmospheric chemistry
An American federal agency formed in 1970 during the Nixon Administration in order to protect human health and the environment. The EPA today focuses on the atmosphere, fresh and ocean waters, and ...
Boundary layer
Chemistry; Atmospheric chemistry
An area in the troposphere which is affected by the solar heating, radioactive cooling, and surface friction of the earth. The height of the boundary layer can range anywhere from 100m to 3 km and ...
Xylene
Chemistry; Atmospheric chemistry
An aromatic hydrocarbon used as a common industrial solvent, also named dimethylbenzene; exists as 3 isomers: m-xylene, o-xylene, and p-xylene. Xylene is usually obtained from petroleum and natural ...
Geothermal energy
Chemistry; Atmospheric chemistry
An alternative energy source that uses the earth's interior heat as the primary energy source for the generation of electricity. Alternative here refers to different from historical sources of ...
Inversion
Chemistry; Atmospheric chemistry
An anomaly in the normal positive atmospheric lapse rate (change of temperature with increasing altitude). This usually refers to a thermal inversion, in which temperature of the atmosphere ...
Carbonyl sulphide
Chemistry; Atmospheric chemistry
COS, a gas that is very stable and unreactive in the troposphere, but, it is thought, photolyzes to form carbon monoxide, CO, and sulfur, S, in the stratosphere. Through stratospheric chemical ...
