OZONE LAYER DEPLETION
A Hole Story
A Hole Story
he Ultraviolet Spectrumhe Ultraviolet Spectrum
 UV light: 100 to 400 nm
UV spectrum – 4 regions
o Far UV: 100 – 200 nm
o UV – C : 200 – 280 nm
o UV – B : 280 – 315 nm
 UV light: 100 to 400 nm
UV spectrum – 4 regions
o Far UV: 100 – 200 nm
o UV – C : 200 – 280 nm
o UV – B : 280 – 315 nm
o UV – A : 315 – 400 nm
Radio IR Visible
Light
UV X-Rays
UV-A UV-B UV-C Far UV
400nm 100nm
DNA damaging range
200nm300nm
λ
Ultraviolet Radiation
230-280 nm damages nucleic acids
Stops reproduction of cells by
breaking apart the DNA bonds
Ozone production peaks at 185nm
Ozone absorbance and destruction at 200-320nm
Ozone destructionOzone formation


UV ozone generation
and destruction: equilibrium
O2 + hυ185  2O.
O.
+ O2 + M  O3 + M
O3 + hυ254  O2 + O.
Equilibrium between
production and
destruction
Atmospheric Layers
Ozone Formation and Depletion
The catalyzed cycle of stratospheric
ozone production and destruction
1. hυ + O2  2O.
1. O.
+ O2  O3
1. O3 + X  O2 + OX
4. OX + O.
 O2 + X
X could be Cl from a CFC
Halogen catalysis of ozone destruction
Halogen removal from
atmosphere
Cl + CH4  HCl + CH3
.
ClO + NO2  ClONO2
Both HCl and ClONO2 inactive: rain out
Br + O3  BrO + O2
Br + CH4  HBr + CH3
.
HBr can photolytically provide Br again
Halons and CH3Br provide Br
List of ozone
depleting substances Table 8.13 Masters
http://www.epa.gov/ozone/ods.html
Ozone Depleting Substances
Halons
Antarctic Ozone Problems
Strong circulatory
winds around
Antarctica isolate the
air in the lower and
middle stratosphere
Ice crystals
form in vortex
Antarctic Vortex during Winter
Antarctic Reactions
Winter reactions
Polar vortex: -90 o
C  Ice clouds
ClONO2 + H2O  HOCl + HNO3
HOCl + HCl  Cl2 + H2O
Spring reactions
Cl2 + hυ  2 Cl in early spring
Cl + O3  ClO + O3 destructive loop
HNO3 + Cl  ClONO2 in photocatalysis
Global total ozone change
http://jwocky.gsfc.nasa.gov/
Studying Ozone Layer changes
The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1995
"for their work in atmospheric chemistry,
particularly concerning the formation and
decomposition of ozone"
The Netherlands USA USA
Max-Planck-Institute MIT, USA Department of Chemistry,
for Chemistry Mainz, Germany Cambridge, MA University of California
Irvine, CA, USA
1933 - 1943 - 1927 -
Paul J. Crutzen Mario J. Molina F. Sherwood Rowland
Record ozone hole, 2006
Ozone Hole 2009
Ozone Hole 2009
Ozone Hole 2010
Ozone Hole Growth:
October 27, 1980 September 21, 2006 September 17, 2009
Ozone hole size in recent years
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