some new questions about the seasonal decrease of the ozone layer一些新的关于臭氧层的季节性下降的问题.pdf

Green and Sustainable Chemistry, 2012, 2, 112-116 /10.4236/gsc.2012.23016 Published Online August 2012 (http://www.SciRP.org/journal/gsc) Some New Questions about the Seasonal Decrease of the Ozone Layer Jaime González Velasco Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Madrid, Spain Email: jaime.gonzalez@uam.es Received March 14, 2012; revised June 21, 2012; accepted July 5, 2012 ABSTRACT The depletion-recovery cycle of the ozone layer is explained on the basis of the magnetic properties of oxygen, ozone, nitrogen oxides and chlorine combinations, which upon interaction with the Earth’s magnetic field, give rise to gaseous fluxes polar- and equatorial-wards. Keywords: Depletion-Recovery Cycle; Ozone Layer; Magnetic Properties; Oxygen; Ozone 1. Introduction year seasons with the abundance of gaseous species able to participate in photochemical reactions supposedly in- The wide concern awoke in the public opinion by the volved in the destruction of the ozone layer (like nitrogen detection of an ozone hole each spring [1] at latitudes oxides (NOy), chlorine monoxide radicals or chlorine close to the Earth’s poles has determined that a high atoms). number of scientific observations appear, for which a