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T1 - Two-dimensional modelling of some CFC replacement compounds
AU - Wild, O
AU - Rattigan, OV
AU - Jones, RL
AU - Pyle, JA
AU - Cox, RA
PY - 1996/10
Y1 - 1996/10
N2 - The Cambridge 2-D Eulerian model has been used to study the potential atmospheric distributions and lifetimes of a number of CFC replacement compounds and their degradation products. The study has focused on HFC 134a and HCFCs 123, 141b and 142b and the major products formed by their atmospheric degradation. The loss of these compounds and their products by hydroxyl radical attack, photolysis and in-cloud hydrolysis have been investigated. The study has shown that HCFCs 141b and 142b have sufficiently long lifetimes to enter the stratosphere in significant quantities, where degradation leads to an increase in the total stratospheric chlorine concentration. The study has also highlighted areas where further experimental work would be valuable, in particular characterisation of the product channels for the degradation reactions and determination of the removal rates of the products in the aqueous phase.
AB - The Cambridge 2-D Eulerian model has been used to study the potential atmospheric distributions and lifetimes of a number of CFC replacement compounds and their degradation products. The study has focused on HFC 134a and HCFCs 123, 141b and 142b and the major products formed by their atmospheric degradation. The loss of these compounds and their products by hydroxyl radical attack, photolysis and in-cloud hydrolysis have been investigated. The study has shown that HCFCs 141b and 142b have sufficiently long lifetimes to enter the stratosphere in significant quantities, where degradation leads to an increase in the total stratospheric chlorine concentration. The study has also highlighted areas where further experimental work would be valuable, in particular characterisation of the product channels for the degradation reactions and determination of the removal rates of the products in the aqueous phase.
KW - TRIFLUOROACETIC-ACID
KW - tropospheric lifetimes
KW - ABSORPTION CROSS-SECTIONS
KW - ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY
KW - KINETIC DATA
KW - WATER SURFACES
KW - trifluoroacetic acid
KW - distributions
KW - HYDROXYL RADICALS
KW - HYDROFLUOROCARBON 134A
KW - DEGRADATION
KW - STRATOSPHERIC OZONE
KW - CARBONYL HALIDES
KW - CFC replacement compounds
U2 - 10.1007/BF00053790
DO - 10.1007/BF00053790
M3 - Journal article
VL - 25
SP - 167
EP - 199
JO - Journal of Atmospheric Chemistry
JF - Journal of Atmospheric Chemistry
SN - 0167-7764
IS - 2
ER -