Our reading for class on wed was about the various HCFC's and CFC's that all still destroy ozone molecules either by forming chlorine radicals which migrate to the stratosphere, or in the case of HCFC's have very potent short term effects. The scientific community has been attempting to synth a molecule which is inert and still can still clean electronic components, work in refrigeration, and serve as carrier compounds in lubricants. There is much work and testing to be done, and it is known that hydrofloroethers will breakdown by the OH radical scrubbing process described in class, but the products of this reaction may inadvertantly carry a high greenhouse gas potential. Still I found the abstract and journal artical interesting on these organic compounds. Who knows what future effects they may have in store...
Web address for the PDF.
http://pubs.acs.org/cgi-bin/article.cgi/jpcafh/2005/109/i02/pdf/jp047860c.pdf
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I worked with the author of this paper back in the mid-90s in Norway!
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