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Past exam of the chemistry course of the year 4 of the natural sciences course of the University of Cambridge 2021 Interdisciplinary paper IDP1 1 a iii Solution by
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The two initial reservoirs each contain one chlorine atom, so complete activation supplies a total chlorine mixing ratio of . Under the specified approximation that active chlorine in sunlight is predominantly chlorine monoxide,The daytime loss is consequentlyFor twelve sunlit hours per day, the daily ozone decrement isThe full-day mean concentration loss is . Maintaining that rate would consume the initial ozone in about days. This is a fixed-active-chlorine estimate: reservoir reformation, transport and chlorine partitioning change during a real depletion event, and the approximation fails when insufficient ozone remains to recycle chlorine rapidly.
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