which atom is cfc is responsible for ozon layer depletion
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Rowland, a professor of chemistry at the University of California, Irvine, and Molina, a postdoctoral fellow in Rowland's laboratory, had shown that chlorofluorocarbons—CFCs—could destroy ozone, a molecule made up of three oxygen atoms, O3, in Earth's stratosphere.
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chlorine atom present in chloro fluro carbons are responsible for ozone layer depletion
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However, scientists have discovered that certain chemicals react with UV radiation in the stratosphere, which causes them to break apart and release chlorine or bromine atoms. These atoms, in turn, destroy ozone molecules.
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