Atmospheric Lifetimes of Long-Lived Halogenated Species
@article{Ravishankara1993AtmosphericLO, title={Atmospheric Lifetimes of Long-Lived Halogenated Species}, author={Akkihebbal R. Ravishankara and Stanley C. Solomon and Andrew A. Turnipseed and Rachel F. Warren}, journal={Science}, year={1993}, volume={259}, pages={194 - 199} }
The atmospheric lifetimes of the fluorinated gases CF4, C2F6, c-C4F8, (CF3)2c-C4F6, C5F12, C6F14, C2F5Cl, C2F4C12, CF3Cl, and SF6 are of concern because of the effects that these long-lived compounds acting as greenhouse gases can have on global climate. The possible atmospheric loss processes of these gases were assessed by determining the rate coefficients for the reactions of these gases with O(1D), H, and OH and the absorption cross sections at 121.6 nanometers in the laboratory and using…
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