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Science 12 March 1971:
Vol. 171. no. 3975, pp. 1013 - 1015
DOI: 10.1126/science.171.3975.1013
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Carbon Monoxide: Its Role in Photochemical Smog Formation

Karl Westberg 1, Norman Cohen 1, and K. W. Wilson 2

1 Aerospace Corporation, El Segundo, California 90245
2 Stanford Research Institute, Irvine, California 92664

The photochemistry of trace amounts of isobutene and oxides of nitrogen in an atmosphere of air was studied both in the presence and in the absence of small amounts of carbon monoxide. Carbon monoxide accelerates the reaction as measured by nitric oxide oxidation or ozone formation. This finding has relevance to photochemical smog formation.


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A. A. Westenberg (1972)
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Photolysis of Formaldehyde as a Hydrogen Atom Source in the Lower Atmosphere.
J. G. Calvert, J. A. Kerr, K. L. Demerjian, and R. D. McQuigg (1972)
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