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succeeded in isolating the simplest CI and reported direct kinetic measurements of its reactions with water, NO, NO 2 , and SO 2. Credit: Marston (2012), Photo credit: Daniel Stein/Istockphoto.com.Click to enlarge. —Professor Dudley Shallcross, Professor in Atmospheric Chemistry at The University of Bristol. Welz et al.
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