Evaluation of the Potentiality of Chlorine in the Destruction of Ozone in Nigeria

Abstract

Global warming is one of the major challenges in Nigeria. This is caused by the incessant release of depleting substances such as CFC; chlorofluorocarbon, BFC; Bromofluorocarbon, HCFC; hydrochlorofluorocarbon, UV; ultraviolet, Cl; chlorine, Br; bromine, CO2; carbon iv oxide, CH4; methane, N2O; Nitrous oxide, H2O, SO2; sulphur dioxide, this has been a major threat to Nigeria community. The major aim of writing this article is to show how far it has gone and strategies to reduce this phenomenon. This especially has being a major threat to various areas of Nigeria such as gas flaring region, and Niger Delta areas. With estimation, Nigeria has about 123 gas site which is a serious emitter of the greenhouse effect. As a result of this, there is some response to the atmosphere such as sparse rainfall in the northern part of Nigeria which brought about a loss of agricultural yield, also people in the Niger Delta region have been dealing with oil exploration, deforestation, bush burning that gives rise to acid rain. However, the behavior of the ozone as a result of this depleting agent will pay a major contribution to an adverse effect on the change of temperature, an abundance of methane, nitrous oxide. Making many references with Chlorine, it is the major constituent of this ozone layer depletion which its major source is from CFC; chlorofluorocarbon. This agent contains carbon and halogens, such as fluorine, chlorine which is known to be highly volatile. Chlorine as an element is very reactive and it interacts with ozone to turn it into an ordinary oxygen molecule. Chlorine act as a catalyst in turning ozone into oxygen in a reaction when the reaction occurs, oxygen molecule forms chlorine monoxide which is a stable compound. This reaction occurs thousands of time until an oxygen molecule is formed.