Atmospheric chemistry

Atmospheric chemistry

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

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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 ...