An exploration of how the temperature of the atmosphere varies with altitude can serve as a useful means of illustrating some important principles relating to the behavior of gases and to the absorption and transformation of radiant energy.
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Lower, Stephen K. J. Chem. Educ.1998 75 837.
Keywords
Atmospheric Chemistry, Environmental Chemistry, Introductory/High School Chemistry
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