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← TechnologyWhich action occurs when CFC refrigerant leaks into stratosphere, exposing it to high-energy ultraviolet irradiation?
A)Accelerated ozone decomposition by chlorine radicals✓
B)Increased CO2 absorption via catalytic carbonylation
C)Accelerated nitrogen fixation in stratospheric aerosols
D)Amplified nitrous oxide formation by photo-oxidation
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When CFCs reach the stratosphere, UV radiation causes photolysis where CFC molecules decompose; releasing chlorine radicals causing catalytic ozone decomposition faster than it's created. Therefore ozone layer thinning results, rather than altered carbon cycle dynamics because carbonylation involves transition metal catalysts, not stratospheric conditions.
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