Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1995

Paul J. Crutzen

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Prize share: 1/3

Mario J. Molina

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Prize share: 1/3

F. Sherwood Rowland

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Prize share: 1/3

The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1995 was awarded jointly to Paul J. Crutzen, Mario J. Molina and F. Sherwood Rowland "for their work in atmospheric chemistry, particularly concerning the formation and decomposition of ozone"

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