Discussion > Greenhouse Defect.
Jun 4, 2017 at 6:01 PM |
McNeil
McNeil
This comes from the fact that carbon dioxide, a gas which is invisible, odourless and tasteless, allows radiated energy to pass on through it while the much more common nitrogen and oxygen do not.Erm… I think that this is the wrong way round – CO2 does NOT allow radiated energy to pass through, while N2 and O2 DO.
Jun 4, 2017 at 10:50 PM |
Radical Rodent
Radical Rodent
Jun 4, 2017 at 10:50 PM by Radical Rodent
I think you are right when talking about the infrared. Any molecule (with more than one atom :) ) can absorb and re-emit another photon, but not necessarily in the infrared.
Jun 4, 2017 at 11:03 PM |
Robert Christopher
Robert Christopher
RR
IR does pass through. There is a reaction after which other events can occur. In certain circumstances, the raised energy state can endure for a period and energy is then absorbed. At radiative equilibrium, all photons are, essentially, just passing through. N or O do not react in this way.
From my reference (ii) which illustrates the point about about time.
Jun 5, 2017 at 8:06 AM |
McNeil
McNeil
Who are the baddies?
https://www.dropbox.com/s/xkpos5v16it4ky1/GRNHSE%20EFCT.pdf?dl=0