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HYDROGEN SYSTEM [1 record]

Record 1 1989-11-27

English

Subject field(s)
  • Chemical Elements and Compounds
  • Air Pollution
CONT

The hydrogen system, while of only minor importance in the direct destruction of ozone (it destroys about 10% of the ozone formed, although becomes dominant in this regard above 40 km), is of great indirect importance in ozone photochemistry.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Éléments et composés chimiques
  • Pollution de l'air
DEF

Systématisation des connaissances relatives aux réactions chimiques concernant l'ozone quand ce dernier est en présence de l'hydrogène.

OBS

Au centre de ce système, on retrouve le méthane (CH4) produit naturellement qui, en présence de l'eau dans la stratosphère, donne des radicaux hydroxyles, destructeurs d'ozone.

Spanish

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