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Title: Infrared band intensities and global warming potentials of CF{sub 4}, C{sub 2}F{sub 6}, C{sub 3}F{sub 8}, C{sub 4}F{sub 10}, C{sub 5}F{sub 12}, and C{sub 6}F{sub 14}

Journal Article · · Geophysical Research Letters
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1029/95GL00488· OSTI ID:166224
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  1. Max-Planck-Institut fuer Chemie, Mainz (Germany); and others

The authors report infrared band intensity measurements for a series of fluorocarbons, expected to be decay products of new substitutes for freons, and based on these data perform radiative forcing calculations to study the global warming potential of these compounds. The compounds studied include CF{sub 4}, C{sub 2}F{sub 6}, C{sub 3}F{sub 8}, C{sub 4}F{sub 10}, C{sub 5}F{sub 12}, and C{sub 6}F{sub 14}. Only the first two have been measured in atmospheric gas samples at this time.

OSTI ID:
166224
Journal Information:
Geophysical Research Letters, Vol. 22, Issue 7; Other Information: PBD: 1 Apr 1995
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English