For combustion to occur, oxygen must be present. Ammonium nitrate prills provide a much more concentrated supply of oxygen than the air around us.
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Australia has ratified an agreement to phase out hydrofluorocarbons, a manmade compound once hailed as the saviour of the ozone layer. What went wrong?
While the gases most responsible for global warming - carbon dioxide, methane and nitrous oxide - continue to climb, other industrial greenhouse gases are being brought gradually under control.
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A/Prof., School of Earth Sciences, The University of Melbourne
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Honorary Fellow, CSIRO
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Research Group Leader, CSIRO
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Chief Research Scientist, Climate Science Centre, CSIRO Oceans and Atmosphere; Executive Director, Global Carbon Project, CSIRO
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Senior Research Scientist, CSIRO
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Associate Professor in Atmospheric Chemistry, University of Wollongong
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Associate Professor, University of Wollongong
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Associate Professor of Chemical Engineering, The University of Melbourne
