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Will chlorine atoms react with ozone to produce chlorine monoxide?
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What does the symbol CIO stand for?
It is chlorine monoxide, which plays an important role in destroying the earth's ozone layer.
Is ozone a type of chlorine?
No, ozone is a type (allotrope) of oxygen. It is three oxygen atoms bonded into a molecule, and the central oxygen is very unhappy (missing an extra electron). So it is more chemically active than any form of chlorine.
What is the name of compound of C and Cl?
carbon and chlorine atoms bond to form chlorocarbons. The exact naming of a molecule depends upon the number of carbon and chlorine atoms involved. The simplest is called tetrachloromethane. This is made up of one carbon and 4 chlorine atoms. On another note, if we bond chlorine and fluorine atoms to a carbon then we form chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs) it is these molecule that are raved about so much with regard to greenhouse gases and ozone destruction.
What is the number of atoms in ozone?
Three oxygen atoms combine to make ozone
HOW MANY CHLORINE ATOMS DESTROY 1000000.00 OZONE MOLECULES?
Theoretically, 1 chlorine free radical could do this. The number of ozone molecules broken down by the free radical before the chain is terminated depends on a lot of factors, though, and a million seems like a very high value.
Why are small quantities of chloroflorocarbons harmful to the ozone layer?
Free oxygen atoms can replace the chlorine in chlorine monoxide, releasing a free atom of chlorine which can then recombine with an oxygen atom in ozone, destroying more ozone.
What is decomposed by chlorine atoms?
ozone molecules
What are chlorine atoms in the stratosphere?
They break down ozone into oxygen atoms.
How is the atmosphere damaged by air pollution?
Pollution can affect the atmosphere, more specifically the Ozone layer, because CFC's (chlorofluorocarbons) and other chemicals react with the Ozone (O3) and turn into Chlorine monoxide (ClO) and an oxygen molecule (O2) which then starts the deterioration of the Ozone layer. Chlorine monoxide then reacts with an oxygen atom (O) and create a chlorine atom and an oxygen molecule (O2). The chlorine atom can then react with another Ozone molecule (O3) to form Chlorine monoxide (ClO) and an Oxygen molecule (O2) and the cycle continues.
What atoms in the CFC molecule can destroy thousands of ozone molecules in the upper atmosphere?
The CFC's molecules are ODS. They react with ozone to deplete it. The Chlorine and Fluorine are main atoms.
Is Chlorine atoms stealing oxygen atoms from the ozone layer a physical or chemical change?
Chlorine is doing it chemically. It reacts with it.
How is a clorine atom harmful to the ozone in the stratosphere?
Chlorine atom reacts with ozone. It destroys 100,000 atoms of ozone.
What is the main source of chlorine atoms in the ozone layer?
Chlorofluorocarbons. (CFCs)
What chemical found in the upper stratosphere indicate that the ozone layer is destroyed?
This is the radical chlorine monoxide, ClO-.
What does the symbol CIO stand for?
It is chlorine monoxide, which plays an important role in destroying the earth's ozone layer.
Why does CFC react to ozone?
Chlorine and bromine separate from the CFCs (chlorofluorocarbons) and destroy the ozone molecules. The chlorine and bromine atoms are not changed, so they continue destroying ozone. One chlorine atom can destroy up to 100,000 molecules of ozone during its lifetime in the atmosphere.
How do chlorofluorocarbons harm the environment?
This decomposition releases chlorine atoms that destroy the ozone.
