Free Cl atoms are able to react with ozone in a catalytic cycle that converts O3 into the more stable O2. It is estimated that a single Cl atom is able to react with∼100000 O3 molecules. Although CFCs production was banned in 1996, there are still a substantial number of motor vehicle air conditioners (MVACs) that use CFC-12 (CF2Cl2) as refrigerant. The average CFC-12 emission rate from operating MVACs has been estimated to be 59.5 mg per hour per vehicle How much chlorine, in kg, is added to the atmosphere in a year due to 100 million MVACs using CFC-12 as refrigerant? would like an in depth explanation so I can solve future ones like this, thanks.

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Free Cl atoms are able to react with ozone in a catalytic cycle that converts O3 into the more stable O2. It is estimated that a single Cl atom is able to react with∼100000 O3
molecules. Although CFCs production was banned in 1996, there are still a substantial number
of motor vehicle air conditioners (MVACs) that use CFC-12 (CF2Cl2) as refrigerant.
The average CFC-12 emission rate from operating MVACs has been estimated to be 59.5 mg per hour per vehicle How much chlorine, in kg, is added to the atmosphere in a year due to 100 million MVACs using CFC-12 as refrigerant?

would like an in depth explanation so I can solve future ones like this, thanks.

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