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Lower Atmosphere
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Unit 1
Main Oxidants and Observation
The troposphere includes a mixture of many compounds.
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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.
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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
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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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