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Unit 1
Main Oxidants and Observation

The troposphere includes a mixture of many compounds.

 

Most of them are transformed by oxidation. What are the major oxidants? And how can we measure the compounds in the atmosphere and their reaction products? In Unit 1 we give an introduction to the major oxidants during day and night, tell a bit of their chemistry and give examples for important modern measurement techniques, which help to observe them.

 

butane oxidation

We will discuss only the basic atmospheric chemistry in this unit. But  get an idea what happens to such a simple molecule as butane (e.g. from camping cookers) in the air.
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image: Dr. Tim Jungkamp, BASF, Antwerpen, Belgium

 

About this page:
Author: Dr. Elmar Uherek - Max Planck Institute for Chemistry, Mainz
scientific reviewer: Dr. Mark Lawrence - Max Planck Institute for Chemistry, Mainz - 2004-05-05
last published: 2004-05-07

 

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