Weather: How it Works and why it MattersPerseus Pub., 2000 - 223 pàgines |
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Pàgina 15
... gases , nitrogen and oxygen , both of which exist in what is called diatomic form ( two atoms per mole- cule , designated as N2 and O2 ) . The majority ( 78 percent ) is nitrogen ; oxygen makes up another 21 percent . The remaining gases ...
... gases , nitrogen and oxygen , both of which exist in what is called diatomic form ( two atoms per mole- cule , designated as N2 and O2 ) . The majority ( 78 percent ) is nitrogen ; oxygen makes up another 21 percent . The remaining gases ...
Pàgina 133
... gases . Combustion at high temperature in the engines of automobiles and air- craft can burn some of the nitrogen in the air , thus producing nitric ox- ides . These gases are also released by some of the combustion processes and ...
... gases . Combustion at high temperature in the engines of automobiles and air- craft can burn some of the nitrogen in the air , thus producing nitric ox- ides . These gases are also released by some of the combustion processes and ...
Pàgina 134
... gases , ozone is a toxic gas . We will discuss ozone further in a later chapter . We need only point out here that the gas is now diminishing in the stratosphere , where it is needed , and simultaneously increasing in the troposphere ...
... gases , ozone is a toxic gas . We will discuss ozone further in a later chapter . We need only point out here that the gas is now diminishing in the stratosphere , where it is needed , and simultaneously increasing in the troposphere ...
Continguts
Introduction | 1 |
The Fundamentals of Air | 7 |
Its Not the Heat Its the Heat and the Humidity | 15 |
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