BOOK OF ABSTRACTS AND CONTRIBUTED PAPERS - International scientific conference: Meeting on new trends in Astronomy & Earth Observation, Page 50-57, https://doi.org/10.69646/aob241217
BOOK OF ABSTRACTS AND CONTRIBUTED PAPERS - International scientific conference: Meeting on new trends in Astronomy & Earth Observation, November 25-29, 2024, Belgrade, Serbia, Edited by Vladimir A. Srećković, Aleksandra Kolarski, Milica Langović, Filip Arnaut and Nikola Veselinović
Published by: Scientific Society Isaac Newton Belgrade

Abstract: In response to escalating concerns regarding the environmental implications of anesthetic compounds on both global warming and ozone layer degradation, a rigorous investigation combining theoretical and experimental methodologies was conducted to elucidate the elastic electron scattering dynamics of halothane, sevoflurane, and isoflurane. These anesthetic gases, which are predominantly excreted into the atmosphere without degradation post-use, contribute to increasing concentrations of halogenated compounds that possess both elevated Global Warming Potentials (GWP) and significant Ozone Depletion Potentials (ODP). Our experimental methodology involved measuring elastic differential cross sections (DCS) using a crossed-beam apparatus, relative-flow method, with argon as a standard, to calibrate the absolute scale of the cross sections. Theoretical analyses were further executed through the Independent Atom Model coupled with the Screening Corrected Additivity Rule (IAM-SCAR+I), accounting for interference effects. - FULL TEXT available in PDF.