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Agriculture · Q46

Environmental Science In Agricultural

Graduate and Post Graduate · Agriculture · question 46

Q46

Natural sink of stratospheric ozone is

A.
Sulphure dioxide
B.
Sulphur fluxes of oceans
C.
Freons
Answer
D.
HCFCs

Answer: Option C

Solution

Answer: Option C
Solution:
Natural sink of stratospheric ozone is Freons.
Freons is a registered trademark of the Chemours Company and generic descriptor for several halocarbon products. They are stable, nonflammable, low-toxicity gases or liquids which have generally been used as refrigerants and as aerosol propellants.
Freons are chlorofluorocarbon compounds that containcontain only carbon, chlorine, and fluorine, produced as a volatile derivative of methane, ethane and propane. These include the chlorofluorocarbons that cause ozone depletion and HCFCs.