基麻醉剂的热层生命周期
A C Brown1, C E Canosa-Mas, A D Parr
1Physical Chemistry Laboratory, University of Oxford, UK.
Nature
|October 19, 1989
概括
化麻醉剂,如哈洛,恩佛和异,在大气中寿命很短. 它们与基 (OH) 激素的反应防止了臭氧层的严重损耗或对全球变暖的贡献.
科学领域:
- 大气化学 大气化学
- 环境科学 环境科学
- 药理学 药理学是指药理学的学科.
背景情况:
- 化麻醉剂 (halothane,enflurane,isoflurane) 引发了人们对平流层臭氧消耗和全球变暖的担忧.
- 这些麻醉剂对环境的影响与它们在大气中的寿命有关.
研究的目的:
- 为了确定哈洛,恩佛和异在大气中的寿命.
- 评估它们对臭氧损失和全球变暖的潜在贡献.
主要方法:
- 测量了氨酸,氨酸和异氨酸与基 (OH) 基的绝对反应速率.
- 利用一维大气模型来计算大气生命周期.
主要成果:
- 对于分别是哈洛,恩弗卢和异弗卢,它们的大气寿命分别为2,6年和5年.
- 计算出这些麻醉剂只贡献了一小部分 (约. 5 x 10^-4) 转化为大气中的.
结论:
- 这些麻醉剂的主要大气沉降是与OH基的反应.
- 尽管存在担忧,但它们在大气中的相对较短寿命限制了它们对臭氧层损耗和全球变暖的影响.
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