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Development And Applications Of High Resolution Kinetic Atmospheric Pressure Ionization Mass Spectrometry In Atmospheric Chemistry, David Michael Myton
Development And Applications Of High Resolution Kinetic Atmospheric Pressure Ionization Mass Spectrometry In Atmospheric Chemistry, David Michael Myton
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Much important work has been done to understand reaction pathways and identify products, yields, and reaction rates for atmospheric oxidation processes. Non-methane hydrocarbons (NMHCs) are the most significant of the organic compounds present in the atmosphere from a chemical perspective and are released into the atmosphere from both natural and anthropogenic sources. The oxidation of these hydrocarbons by hydroxyl radical HO generates products that may themselves be toxic, that play a major role in the formation of photochemical smog, and that to a lesser extent contribute to the formation of acid precipitation. NMHCs have chemical reactivities many times that of …