Question

research the top chemist of the week: mario molina. type your responses into the text box below. you must use complete sentences. 1. when did this chemist live (birth year & death year) 2. where did/does this chemist live? 3. which california university did he work at? 4. what is this chemist famous for? 5. what chemicals/compounds did they hypothesize was causing the problem? 6. what awards did this chemist win?

Explanation:

1. Mario Molina was born in 1943 and died in 2020.
2. He was a Mexican - American. He lived in various places including Mexico City and the United States for his work and research.
3. He worked at the University of California, Irvine.
4. He is famous for his research on the depletion of the ozone layer. He was one of the first to show that chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs) could catalytically destroy stratospheric ozone.
5. He hypothesized that chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs) were causing the problem of ozone - layer depletion.
6. He won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1995, among other awards, for his work on atmospheric chemistry, particularly concerning the formation and decomposition of ozone.

Answer:

1. Mario Molina was born in 1943 and died in 2020.
2. He lived in places such as Mexico City and the United States.
3. He worked at the University of California, Irvine.
4. He is famous for his research on ozone - layer depletion.
5. He hypothesized that chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs) were causing the problem.
6. He won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1995, among other awards.