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Since CFCs are volatile and water insoluble, they can easily escape to the upper atmosphere. Then, they can react with ozone and deplete the ozone layer. Therefore, in order to save the ozone layer from being depleted, we should use other alternative chemicals such as butane and propane. ...
In 1974, modelling first pointed to increasing levels of chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs, which were often used in aerosol spray cans, foams and cooling devices) as a source of chlorine radicals in the stratosphere that could catalytically destroy ozone5. The dramatic discovery in the mid-1980s of the...
However, as our ozone layer depletes due to use of chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs), UV levels are increasing. This can lead to health effects like skin cancer [source: EPA]. X-rays: X-rays are very high-energy light waves. We're most familiar with their use in a doctor's office, but X...
Explain how the Lewis structure of ozone is important. What can chemists can do to prevent ozone depletion in the atmosphere?Ozone Layer:One cannot imagine the protection of human beings from harmful solar radiations in the absence of ozone lay...
A basic law of physics called the conservation of energy says you can't make or destroy energy: if you have some energy you don't want (such as heat in your kitchen), you can't get rid of it completely. All you can do is change it into another form or move it to another place...
keeping your food cold. If you consider how hard a refrigerator has to work, it is actually quite amazing that they break down so infrequently. On the rare occasion your refrigerator does stop working, you may face a high repair bill and the expense of replacing all your lost food. Have ...
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ozone-destroying chemicals. In 1973, scientists calculated that CFCs could reach the stratosphere and break apart. This would release chlorine atoms, which would then destroy ozone. Based only on their calculations, the United States and most Scandinavian countries banned CFCs in spray cans in 1978...
Hundreds of thousands of tons of CFCS have been left in the higher sky in the last decade which has led to the ozone layer leak above the South Pole that covers an area of that of the United States. Million tons of fuel containing nitrogen and sulphur have been consumed per year, which...