Barbara J. Finlayson-Pitts发表一篇论文[已收入美国化学学会年会、物理化学部论文集(洛杉矶)],并得到加州大学化学教授Fullerlon的支持。论文的论点是解释:在污染的海水区,其烟雾由于光化学作用下,会一触即发的反应而形成羟基化合物。她及其合作者以气态五氧化二氮(N_2O_5)及硝酸氯(CIONO_2)分别与固态氯化钠反应, Barbara J. Finlayson-Pitts has published a paper [Proceedings of the American Chemical Society, Proceedings of the Department of Physical Chemistry (Los Angeles)] and was supported by Fullerlon, a professor of chemistry at the University of California. The argument of the paper is to explain that in the polluted seawater area, the fumes will form an explosive reaction due to photochemistry and form hydroxyl compounds. She and her collaborators react with solid sodium chloride respectively with gaseous nitrous oxide (N 2 O 5) and chlorine nitrate (CIONO 2)