ShareDO HCFCS AFFECT OZONE.
Type of article: Article
Summary
BECAUSE HCFCS CONTAIN HYDROGEN THEY ARE REMOVED FROM THE TROPOSPHERE BY REACTION WITH HYDROXYL RADICALS FOLLOWED BY CONVERSION TO WATER, CARBON DIOXIDE AND WATER-SOLUBLE COMPONENTS. THUS HCFCS HAVE VERY LITTLE POTENTIAL TO AFFECT STRATOSPHERIC OZONE, WHILE HFCS, CONTAINING NO CHLORINE, HAVE NONE AT ALL. D.W.H.
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- Original title: DO HCFCS AFFECT OZONE.
- Record ID : 1989-2161
- Languages: English
- Source: Kelvin - n. 1
- Publication date: 1989
- Document available for consultation in the library of the IIR headquarters only.
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- Themes: CFCs
- Keywords: Halogen; CFC; Ozone depletion; Refrigerant
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CFC REALITIES: MUCH REMAINS TO BE DONE AND HELP...
- Author(s) : BRASWELL A.
- Date : 1989/03/06
- Languages : English
- Source: Air Cond. Heat. Refrig. News - vol. 176 - n. 10
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CFC, A PROBLEM IN REFRIGERATION ENGINEERING.
- Author(s) : HESSE U., KRUSE H.
- Date : 1988
- Languages : German
- Source: Klima Kälte Heiz. - vol. 16 - n. 4
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INDUSTRY RESPONDS TO CFC CHALLENGE.
- Author(s) : LOCK J.
- Date : 1989
- Languages : English
- Source: Prof. Eng. - vol. 2 - n. 4
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THE MYTH BEHIND THE OZONE HOLE SCARE.
- Author(s) : MADURO R.
- Date : 1990
- Languages : English
- Source: Air Cond. Heat. Refrig. News - vol. 179 - n. 2
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CHLOROFLUOROCARBONS AND REFRIGERANTS.
- Date : 1988/09
- Languages : German
- Source: Kälte + Klimatechnik (Die) - X
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