damaging the ozone layer
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Damaging the Ozone Layer. Composition of Air. Structure of Present-Day Ozone Layer. 90% of O 3 molecules reside in stratosphere. Ozone Formation, Noncatalytic Destruction, and the Chapman Cycle. Catalytic Processes of Ozone Destruction:. Mostly Natural Contributors to X - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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Damaging the Ozone Layer
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Composition of Air
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Structure of Present-Day Ozone Layer90% of O3 molecules reside
in stratosphere
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Ozone Formation, Noncatalytic Destruction, and the Chapman Cycle
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Catalytic Processes of Ozone Destruction:
Mostly Natural Contributors to Xin non-polluted stratosphere
NOx Catalytic ozone destruction cycleNO. Responsible for shaping the ozone profile in the middle and upper stratosphere.
HOx Catalytic ozone destruction cycleHO. Dominant role in ozone destruction at high
stratospheric altitudes.Together with HOO., responsible for shaping
the ozone profile in the lower stratosphere.
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Atomic Chlorine and Bromine as X Catalysts
• Cl. and Br.: efficient in destroying O3
• Natural sources (CH3Cl, CH3Br)
• Anthropogenic sources (CFCs, HCFCs, halons)
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Chemicals That Cause Ozone Destruction
• Anthropogenic sources (CFCs, HCFCs, halons)
• There is no tropospheric sink.
• They have very long lifetimes (> 100 years).
• After a few years traveling in the troposphere, they diffuse into the stratosphere, where eventually they undergo photochemical decomposition (UV-C), liberating halogen atoms.
• Molina and Rowland (1974) first recognized that anthropogenic Cl compounds can destroy ozone.
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Simplified schematic of Clx catalytic ozone destruction cycle
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CFC ReplacementsHydrochlorofluorocarbons (HCFCs)
• HCFCs contain H atoms bonded to C.
• The majority of the molecules are removed from the troposphere by reactions starting with H abstraction by HO..
• A delicate balance between H content ensures efficient HO. attack and precludes flammability.
• HCFC-22 (CFC-22) is currently in major use.
• Replacing all CFCs with HCFCs would delay, but eventually lead to an equally large buildup of Cl.
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CFC Replacements byHydrofluorocarbons (HFCs)
Long term replacement of CFCs and HCFCs is advisable because:
• They absorb thermal IR radiation.
• They contribute to global warming.
• One atmospheric degradation pathway can produce trifluoroacetic acid (TFA).
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Atomic Chlorine and Bromine as X Catalysts
• Cl. and Br. efficient in destroying O3
• Natural sources (CH3Cl, CH3Br)
• Anthropogenic sources (CFCs, HCFCs, halons)
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Regulation of CFCs
• October 1978: the manufacture and sale of CFCs for spray cans was banned in the US.
• Montreal Protocol (1987)
• Amendments to accelerate the phase-out:
• (London, 1990; Copenhagen, 1992)
• CFC emissions have decreased.
• HCFC emissions have increased.
• HCFC reduction or phase-out is advised under the Copenhagen amendment.
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Ozone Depletion and Ozone Hole
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Why/ How does this happen?
• (A) Special Antarctic Polar Winter Conditions [Polar Stratospheric Cloud (PSC) Formation].
• (B) Heterogeneous reactions (PSC surface reactions). Convert relatively inactive forms of chlorine [e.g., HCl, ClONO2] to photochemically active forms [e.g., Cl2, HOCl, ClNO2]. Chlorine activation
• (C) Springtime Polar Chemistry [Cl-containing gases created by PSC reactions photolyze].
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• June-September
• very cold; much of the polar region exposed to 24 hs of darkness
• Polar Vortex
(A) Antarctic Polar Winter
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(B) Heterogeneous reactions on PSC surfaces
During the dark winter months molecular chlorine accumulates and becomes the predominant chlorine-containing gas in the lower stratosphere
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(C) Springtime Polar Chemistry
• When the sun rises in early spring, Cl-containing gases, created by heterogeneous reactions on PSC during winter, photolyze.
• Once Cl has been released, it attacks ozone.• Chlorine activation (during winter) and
springtime photochemical reactions convert chlorine from reservoir forms [e.g., HCl, ClONO2] to the active forms [Cl. and ClO.].
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Arctic Ozone Depletion
• The ozone dent over the Arctic is not as large or regular as is that over the Antarctic.
• Atmospheric temperatures over the Arctic do not fall as low and are not low for as long as over the Antarctic.
• The vortex is much weaker.
• Air circulation to surrounding areas is not as limited.
• Polar stratospheric clouds (PSCs) form less frequently.
• BUT springtime conditions over the Arctic are changing for the worse.
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March Average of total overhead O3
63oN to 90oN
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Global Decreases in Stratospheric Ozone
• Between 1979 and 2000, global stratospheric O3 column abundance decreased by approximately 3.5%.
• Decrease between 60oS and 60oN was 2.5%
• Decrease between 60oN and 90oN was 7.0%
• Decrease between 60oS and 90oS was 14.3%
• Unusual decreases observed following the El Chichon volcanic eruption in April 1982 and the Mount Pinatubo eruption in June 1991.
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“The second-largest volcanic eruption of this century, and by far the largest eruption to affect a densely populated area, occurred at Mount Pinatubo in the Philippines on June 15, 1991. The eruption produced high-speed avalanches of hot ash and gas, giant mudflows, and a cloud of volcanic ash hundreds of miles across. The impacts of the eruption continue to this day.” U.S. Geological Survey
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Mt. Pinatubo SO2 cloud
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Observed Global Annual Surface Air Temperature