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In the Laboratory
Greenhouse Warming Potentials from the Infrared Spectroscopy of Atmospheric Gases
Matthew J. Elrod
Department of Chemistry, Hope College, Holland, MI 49423
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December 1999
Vol. 76 No. 12
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Abstract
The greenhouse warming potential is a relative measure of the capacity of a specific chemical species to trap infrared radiation as heat in the Earth's atmosphere, and is a scale that has been used to establish regulatory strategies for the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions. A model is described that allows a straightforward, spreadsheet-based determination of greenhouse warming potentials from the infrared spectra of atmospheric gases. On the basis of the numerical results of the model, students are able to investigate the molecular properties that are characteristic of greenhouse gases and thus are able to understand the rationale behind the recent agreement by the world's industrialized nations to reduce certain greenhouse gas emissions.
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 Elrod, Matthew J. J. Chem. Educ. 1999 76 1702.
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 Physical Chemistry; Atmospheric Chemistry; Environmental Chemistry; IR Spectroscopy
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