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FROM VOLUME 5, NUMBER 12, DECEMBER 1992

PROFESSIONAL PUBLICATIONS...
OZONE DEPLETION POTENTIALS

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"Atmospheric Lifetimes and Ozone Depletion Potentials of Methyl Bromide (CH3Br) and Dibromomethane (CH2Br2)," A. Mellouki (NOAA, 325 Broadway, Boulder CO 80303), R.K. Talukdar et al., Geophys. Res. Lett., 19(20), 2059-2062, Oct. 23, 1992.

Rate coefficients measured in the laboratory were used with a semi-empirical model and a 2-D model to calculate steady-state depletion potentials and lifetimes with much greater accuracy than before. Potentials calculated for methyl bromide and dibromomethane respectively are 0.65 and 0.17.

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"On the Age of Stratospheric Air and Ozone Depletion Potentials in Polar Regions," W.H. Pollock (NCAR, POB 3000, Boulder CO 80307), L.E. Heidt et al., J. Geophys. Res., 97(D12), 12,993-12,999, Aug. 20, 1992.

Estimates of the age of stratospheric air were combined with direct measurements of HCFC-22, HCFC-142b, CH3Br, H-1301, H-1211 and H-2402 to estimate their local depletion potentials. The HCFCs are much less efficiently dissociated than CFC-11, lowering their ozone depletion potentials to only 30%-40% of their chlorine loading potentials. However, CH3Br and the Halons are rapidly dissociated.

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"Estimating Tropospheric Lifetimes and Ozone Depletion Potentials of One- and Two-Carbon Hydrofluorocarbons and Hydrochlorofluorocarbons," J.S. Nimitz (Ctr. Global Environ. Technol., Eng. Res. Inst., New Mexico Univ., Albuquerque NM 87131), S.R. Skaggs, Environ. Sci. Technol., 26(4), 739-744, Apr. 1992.

Made estimates for all 53 possible one- and two-carbon HFCs and HCFCs, and examined relationships among C-H bond strength, activation energy for removal of H by OH, tropospheric lifetime and depletion potentials. Developed algorithms that are easy to apply and accurate enough for initially screening alternative compounds based on environmental considerations.