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Lyons 2001
Lyons, J.R. (2001). Transfer of mass-independent fractionation in ozone to other oxygen-containing radicals in the atmosphere. Geophysical Research Letters 28: doi: 10.1029/2000GL012791. issn: 0094-8276.

Mass-independent fractionation (MIF) of ozone has been observed in both the troposphere and stratosphere. Because ozone is a photochemically active species, its MIF signature can be imparted to other atmospheric molecules. Using a photochemical equilibrium model for short-lived radical species, I have computed the expected MIF for typical mid-latitude conditions. The model accounts for about ~70% of recent measurements of Δ17O for H2O2 in rainwater, and predicts large MIF for NOx and ClO species (~40--70?), and their products (ClONO2 and HNO3). Furthermore, in the stratosphere oxygen exchange reactions between OH and NOx yield OH with Δ17O from 2 to 45?. Stratospheric water produced during H abstraction by OH would be similarly mass-independently fractionated. In the troposphere rapid exchange between OH and H2O erases any MIF signature in OH. These model results depend on several O exchange reactions with unknown activation energies or with rate coefficients known only as upper limits. ¿ 2001 American Geophysical Union

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Atmospheric Composition and Structure, Chemical kinetic and photochemical properties, Atmospheric Composition and Structure, Middle atmosphere—composition and chemistry, Atmospheric Composition and Structure, Troposphere—composition and chemistry, Geochemistry, Isotopic composition/chemistry
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Geophysical Research Letters
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