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    Ozone Depletion Potential*

    Atmospheric lifetime (years)**
    Ozone
    O3

    Dobson
    Trichlorofluoromethane
    CCl3F
    CFC-11

    ppt

    1.0

    45
    Dichlorodifluoromethane
    CF2Cl2
    CFC-12

    ppt

    0.82

    100
    Trichlorotrifluoroethane
    CCl2FCClF2
    CFC-113

    ppt

    0.90

    85
    Carbon tetrachloride
    CCl4

    ppt

    1.20

    35
    Chloroform
    CHCl3

    ppt

    0.51
    Dichloromethane
    CH2Cl2

    ppt

    0.46
    Methyl chloride
    CH3Cl

    ppt
    1.3
    Tetrachloroethene
    Cl2C=CCl2

    ppt
    Methyl chloroform
    CH3CCl3

    ppt

    0.12

    4.8
    Chlorodifluoromethane
    CHClF2
    HCFC-22

    ppt

    0.034

    11.9
    Chlorodifluoroethane
    CH3CClF2
    HCFC-142b

    ppt
    0.043
    19

    Dichlorofluoroethane
    CH3CFCl2
    HCFC-141b

    ppt
    0.086
    9.3
    Tetrafluoroethane
    CH2FCF3
    HFC-134a

    ppt
    13.8
    Perfluoroethane
    CF3CF3

    ppt

    11,900
    Bromochlorodifluoromethane)
    CBrClF2
    Halon-1211

    ppt

    5.1

    11
    Dibromotetrafluoroethane)
    CBrF2CBrF2
    Halon-2402

    ppt

    6.0

    20
    Bromotrifluoromethane
    CBrF3
    Halon-1301

    ppt

    12

    65
    Sulfur hexafluoride
    SF6

    ppt

    3,200
    Trifluoromethyl sulfur pentafluoride
    CF3SF5

    ppt

    ~1000

    * The Ozone Depletion Potentials (ODP) is typically used to contrast different gases and provides a simple measure of the expected impact on ozone per unit mass emission of a gas relative to CFC-11 defined as 1.0. Scientific Assessment of Ozone Depletion: 1998. World Meteorological Organization (WMO) Global Ozone Research and Monitoring Program -- Report No. 44 (1999).

    ** Atmospheric lifetimes (general term used for the "adjustment time", the time-scale characterizing the decay of an instantaneous pulse input into the reservoir) taken from Table 6.7, Climate Change 2001: The Scientific Basis . J.T. Houghton, Y. Ding, D. J. Griggs, M. Noguer, P. J. van der Linden, X. Da, K. Maskell, and C. A. Johnson for the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change.

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