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Suggested explanation of heavy ozone
Author(s) -
Bates David R.
Publication year - 1988
Publication title -
geophysical research letters
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.007
H-Index - 273
eISSN - 1944-8007
pISSN - 0094-8276
DOI - 10.1029/gl015i001p00013
Subject(s) - ozone , range (aeronautics) , physics , symmetry (geometry) , statistical physics , chemical physics , environmental science , atmospheric sciences , materials science , meteorology , mathematics , geometry , composite material
The formation of ozone by the termolecular association of atomic and molecular oxygen is discussed. On taking the relevant symmetry numbers into account it is inferred that there is an enhancement that depends on τ(R)/τ(D) where τ(R) is the energy randomization time and τ(D) is the lifetime of the activated complex. To explain the observed enhancement τ(R)/τ(D) would have to be about a third which is within the rather wide range that the uncertainties in τ(R) and τ(D) allow.