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Science 13 August 1976:
Vol. 193. no. 4253, pp. 573 - 576
DOI: 10.1126/science.193.4253.573
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Man-Made Carbon Tetrachloride in the Atmosphere

I. E. GALBALLY 1

1 Division of Atmospheric Physics, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization, Aspendale, Victoria, Australia

The emissions of man-made carbon tetrachloride and the rates of its removal from the atmosphere by natural sinks are evaluated. A large fraction, perhaps all of the carbon tetrachloride observed in the atmosphere, could be man-made, and carbon tetrachloride is a global atmospheric pollutant.

Submitted on December 1, 1975
Accepted on March 16, 1976


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