• Another important feature of Arctic chemistry is the involvement of
bromine gas species in sudden ozone depletion events in the lower troposphere during spring.
Dig a hole, line it with cement or plastic, drop this battery down and cover it up — it should be in an enclosed or sealed system to prevent leakage or emission of
bromine gas.
Ozone depletion is primarily caused by human - made compounds that release chlorine and
bromine gases in the stratosphere.
Not exact matches
No one wants to carry around vials of a colorless
gas or, in the case of mercury and
bromine, a poisonous substance.
«We take a molecule of the natural
gas constituent methane (CH4) and replace one of its hydrogen atoms with a
bromine atom to form methyl bromide (CH3Br),» explains Pérez - Ramírez.
Phytoplankton and other plants in the surface ocean can emit
gases containing
bromine and also chlorine and iodine into the water, which then escape into the atmosphere.
Some of those
gases in the chimney system such as chlorofluorocarbons (found in refrigerants and aerosols) and
bromine compounds (found in products such as fire extinguishers) are man - made and can become trapped in the stratosphere, lingering there for years.
The two main ingredients are reactive halogen
gases such as chlorine or
bromine and sunlight.
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Bromine is like chlorine
gas.
What is the fate of the short - lived halogen
gases in the atmosphere, particularly their
bromine organic species?
Moreover, there are a number of entirely human - made greenhouse
gases in the atmosphere, such as the halocarbons and other chlorine - and
bromine - containing substances, dealt with under the Montreal Protocol.
Methyl bromide has the potential to «
gas off» as elemental
bromine, after which it acts as a serious ozone depleter.
However, the number is probably closer to 25 - 30 % as they failed to include the «manufacture and use of pesticides and fertilizers, fuel and oil for tractors, equipment, trucking and shipping, electricity for lighting, cooling, and heating, and emissions of carbon dioxide, methane, nitrous oxide and other green house
gases» and «still doesn't include a large portion of the fuel, the synthetic nitrogen fertilizer, some of the nitrous oxide, all of the CFCs and
bromines, and most of the transport» and methane emissions.