Reply to the ‘Comment on “Assessing the atmospheric fate of trifluoroacetaldehyde (CF3CHO) and its potential as a new source of fluoroform (HFC-23) using the AtChem2 box model”’ by O. J. Nielsen, M. P. Sulbaek Andersen and J. Franklin, Environ. Sci.: Atmos., 2025, 5, DOI: 10.1039/D4EA00123K
Pérez-Peña, Maria Paula, Fisher, Jenny A., Hansen, Christopher S., and Kable, Scott H. (2025) Reply to the ‘Comment on “Assessing the atmospheric fate of trifluoroacetaldehyde (CF3CHO) and its potential as a new source of fluoroform (HFC-23) using the AtChem2 box model”’ by O. J. Nielsen, M. P. Sulbaek Andersen and J. Franklin, Environ. Sci.: Atmos., 2025, 5, DOI: 10.1039/D4EA00123K. Environmental Science Atmospheres, 5 (4). pp. 535-538.
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Abstract
In Pérez-Peña et al. (DOI: https://doi.org/10.1039/d3ea00120b), we used a suite of box model simulations to determine how trifluoroacetaldehyde (CF<inf>3</inf>CHO) produced from HFO-1234ze is lost in the atmosphere and how much fluoroform (CHF<inf>3</inf> or HFC-23) could potentially be produced as a result. For the first time in any modelling study, our simulations included both a minor CF<inf>3</inf>CHO photolytic loss channel leading to CHF<inf>3</inf> production and physical removal of CF<inf>3</inf>CHO via wet and dry deposition. In their comment, Sulbaek Andersen, Nielsen, and Franklin query the assumptions used to simulate these processes. Here, we show that the importance of the photolytic loss pathway remains a matter of community debate and that our results are relatively insensitive to assumptions underlying simulation of deposition. We reiterate the need for measurements of CF<inf>3</inf>CHO physical properties to reduce the uncertainties in these processes and pave the way for more sophisticated models.
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| Item Type: | Article (Commentary) |
| ISSN: | 2634-3606 |
| Copyright Information: | © 2023 The Author(s). Published by the Royal Society of Chemistry This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 Unported Licence. You can use material from this article in other publications without requesting further permissions from the RSC, provided that the correct acknowledgement is given. |
| Date Deposited: | 15 Jul 2026 00:00 |
| FoR Codes: | 37 EARTH SCIENCES > 3701 Atmospheric sciences > 370104 Atmospheric composition, chemistry and processes @ 100% |
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