«are the medium on which reservoir chlorine compounds are converted into ozone - destroying
chlorine radicals.»
As reported recently, the new process uses powerful
chlorine radicals to activate those bonds.
In the Osaka process, chlorite dioxide (ClO2 •) is activated under the photoirradiation to give
chlorine radicals (Cl •) and singlet oxygen.
Not exact matches
Chlorine dioxide
radical (ClO2 •) was found to act as an efficient oxidizing agent in the aerobic oxygenation of methane to methanol and formic acid under photoirradiation.
Inhaling
chlorine byproducts in the steam from chlorinated showers and absorbing
chlorine through the skin can trigger the body to produce free
radicals, which cause damage to cells.
NO (known to destroy ozone quite eagerly) is a free
radical that breaks the O::O doubble bond, an so does also Atomic
chlorine known from the Japanese Freon - argument.
Further, not only
chlorine, but also OH
radicals and NOx
radicals breakdown ozone.