Ozone layer (Chapman mechanism)

Layer 1 — Physicsin the atmospheric-physics subtree

Chapman 1930: O2 + UV -> 2 O; O + O2 + M -> O3; O3 + UV -> O2 + O; steady-state Chapman-cycle gives stratospheric ozone profile; CFC catalytic destruction breaks it (Molina-Rowland 1974).

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