Stratospheric sink for chlorofluoromethanes: chlorine atomc-atalysed destruction of ozone
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...As discovered by Molina and Rowland (1974), anthropogenic emissions of chlorofluorocarbons provide the main contribution to the chlorine loading in the stratosphere, leading to destruction of the ozone layer....
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...Of particular importance was the identification of man-made chlorofluorocarbons as the major source of ozone-destroying stratospheric chlorine [Molina and Rowland, 1974]....
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...Section 2 of this paper briefly discusses the general theoretical understanding of the vulnerability of ozone to chemical change, particularly the depletions that were predicted to occur in the distant future based upon gas phase chlorine and bromine chemistry [Molina and Rowland, 1974]....
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