Figure 4: Free chlorine atoms, or radicals, sink down into the ozone layer and attack the ozone (O3) to form chlorine monoxide (C10 and O2). The C10 then combines with a free oxygen atom to form O2, and a chlorine atom. This catalytic reaction repeats itself, so that for every chlorine atom released, an estimated 100,000 molecules of ozone are removed from the atmosphere. Courtesy of Greenpeace
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Forest and Bird, Volume 19, Issue 3, 1 August 1988, Page 4
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67Figure 4: Free chlorine atoms, or radicals, sink down into the ozone layer and attack the ozone (O3) to form chlorine monoxide (C10 and O2). The C10 then combines with a free oxygen atom to form O2, and a chlorine atom. This catalytic reaction repeats itself, so that for every chlorine atom released, an estimated 100,000 molecules of ozone are removed from the atmosphere. Courtesy of Greenpeace Forest and Bird, Volume 19, Issue 3, 1 August 1988, Page 4
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