Using Coupled Harmonic Oscillators to Model Some Greenhouse Gas Molecules

Journal Article · Wed Jul 28 00:00:00 EDT 2010 · AIP Conference Proceedings

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3479873· OSTI ID:21415298

Go, Clark Kendrick C; Maquiling, Joel T ^[1]

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1. Department of Physics, Ateneo de Manila University, Katipunan Avenue, Quezon City (Philippines)

Common greenhouse gas molecules SF{sub 6}, NO{sub 2}, CH{sub 4}, and CO{sub 2} are modeled as harmonic oscillators whose potential and kinetic energies are derived. Using the Euler-Lagrange equation, their equations of motion are derived and their phase portraits are plotted. The authors use these data to attempt to explain the lifespan of these gases in the atmosphere.

• OSTI ID: 21415298
• Journal Information: AIP Conference Proceedings, Vol. 1263, Issue 1; Conference: ICPE-2009: International conference on physics education, Bangkok (Thailand), 18-24 Oct 2009; Other Information: DOI: 10.1063/1.3479873; (c) 2010 American Institute of Physics; ISSN 0094-243X
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
ATMOSPHERES
CARBON DIOXIDE
EQUATIONS OF MOTION
GREENHOUSE GASES
HARMONIC OSCILLATORS
KINETIC ENERGY
LAGRANGE EQUATIONS
LAGRANGIAN FIELD THEORY
METHANE
MOLECULES
NITROGEN DIOXIDE
POTENTIAL ENERGY
SULFUR FLUORIDES
ALKANES
CARBON COMPOUNDS
CARBON OXIDES
CHALCOGENIDES
DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS
ENERGY
EQUATIONS
FIELD THEORIES
FLUORIDES
FLUORINE COMPOUNDS
HALIDES
HALOGEN COMPOUNDS
HYDROCARBONS
NITROGEN COMPOUNDS
NITROGEN OXIDES
ORGANIC COMPOUNDS
OXIDES
OXYGEN COMPOUNDS
PARTIAL DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS
QUANTUM FIELD THEORY
SULFUR COMPOUNDS