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what is super greenhouse gas examples?


NIDHI BHASIN 3rd Sep, 2020
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Deblina Roy 3rd Sep, 2020

Dear Student,

Hydrofluorocarbons, which replaced ozone-depleting CFCs, proved disastrous for climate change. Countries have now agreed to ban HFCs - but that may not bring as big a climate benefit as was hoped.

[HFCs are compounds consisting of hydrogen, fluorine, and carbon atoms, produced synthetically and used primarily for cooling.]

Thank You.

Akshita Paul 3rd Sep, 2020

Hello,

Any greenhouse gas with a greenhouse effect that is stronger by several orders of magnitude than that of carbon dioxide is called a super greenhouse gas.

Some of the examples of super greenhouse gases are:

CFC (Chlorofluorocarbon), HFC (Hydrofluorocarbon), SF6 (sulphur hexafluoride), etc. These super greenhouse gases are very potent and are much stronger than CO2 (Carbondioxide).

Hope this helps!!!

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3rd Sep, 2020
the options given to me are water vapour, nitrous oxide, methane and carbon monoxide. what should I choose?
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4th Sep, 2020
NIDHI BHASIN Methane is a more potent greenhouse gas as compared to the other options you have mentioned. So, in my opinion, you must select Methane.
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