Sentences with phrase «first stable compound»

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Volcanic plumes were ideal crucibles for sparking stable nitrogen to form reactive compounds that led to the first organic molecules, chemists report in the 15 August Geophysical Research Letters.

«We've provided the first solid fundamental data on these compounds,» said Berry, who led the effort to synthesize the stable version of a normally short - lived molecule.

So there was alarm in the 1970s when researchers first warned that extremely stable man - made compounds such as CFCs, used in refrigerants and aerosols, were floating up into the stratosphere, where they released chlorine and bromine atoms that break down ozone molecules.