slowly continue to ruin our space that we live in. Not only has these pollutants had an effect on our atmosphere‚ but our living conditions as citizens in Ohio has been exposed to harm and danger. There are many health risks associated with mercury‚ sulfur dioxide‚ smog and other toxins that allow us to be at a higher risk than other regions outside of Ohio in the United States. The infant mortality rate in the state of Ohio as of 2008 was 7.7%. The crude death rate in Ohio was 955.5. While we can’t
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Millions of years before animals lived on land; there were trees on the Earth. But today trees are in serious danger. Everybody knows that trees produce oxygen that we breathe and take carbon dioxide that we exhale that is why trees called the lungs of our world. As man cannot live without lungs‚ so and world cannot exist without trees. Factories‚ power stations and cars emit tons of smoke into the air. This smoke contains sulphur dioxide and nitrogen oxide. These substances mix with water vapor
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The causes of acid rain are because of the emissions of sulphur dioxide and nitrogen oxides in the atmosphere. This is a result of pollution; sulphur dioxide primarily the result of industrialisation and coal fired power stations‚ and nitrogen oxides produced mainly due to car exhaust fumes. These either form wet or dry deposition‚ and the effects we can see today. It could be argued that once that the human race has used up all of the planets coal reserves‚ the problem of acid rain would disappear
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Investigating the effects of acid rain in the growth of cress seedlings IntroductionAcid rain is rain or any other form of precipitation‚ which is unusually acidic. It has harmful effects on plants‚ animals and buildings. Acid rain is mostly caused by human emissions of sulphur and nitrogen compounds which react in the atmosphere to produce acids. Acid rain can slow the growth of vulnerable forests and cause leaves and needles to turn brown and fall off. In addition‚ it depletes minerals from the
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1. If you were the president of the Win Metal Company‚ what decision would you make regarding this controversy? Explain why. 1. Single supplier Solutions for lack of sulphuric acid: -‘’Sulphric acid is a material used in the production of viscose fibres‚ so in addition to the environmental effect‚ the recovery of sulphric acid will entail considerable savings. WSA plants can eliminate hydrogen sulphide and carbon disulphide contained in the off-gases by converting these sulphur compounds
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Sulphur dioxide in white wine Date: XX/XX/XXXX Objective To determine the total sulphur dioxide content in a brand of white wine. Theory Hydrogensulphite is often added to white wine for its preservation. Only a little amount of free SO2 exist in white wine. All the available SO2 (including those from hydrogensulphite) are first converted to SO32- as illustrated by the following equations. SO2(aq) + 2OH-(aq) SO32-(aq) + H2O(l) HSO3-(aq) + OH-(aq) SO32-(aq) + H2O(l) Addition of acid
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All of the following are examples of primary air pollutants except. (c) tropospheric ozone 6. The greatest emission of sulfur dioxide comes from (C) Industrial processes 7. The least amount of nitrogen oxide emissions comes from (A) on road vehicles 8. The accumulation of tropospheric ozone at night depends mainly upon the atmospheric concentrations of (B) volatile organics 1. What are they? The six criteria air pollutants are sulfur dioxide‚ nitrogen oxides‚ carbon oxides‚lead‚particulate matter and tropospheric ozone. Th
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such as ash from a volcanic eruption‚ the carbon monoxide gas from a motor vehicle exhaust or sulfur dioxide released from factories. Primary Air pollutants Sulfur Oxides (SOx) - Especially sulfur dioxide‚ a chemical compound with the formula SO2. SO2 is produced by volcanoes and in various industrial processes. Since coal and petroleum often contain sulfur compounds‚ their combustion generates sulfur dioxide. Further oxidation of SO2‚ usually in the presence of a catalyst such as NO2‚ forms
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precipitation which is strongly acidic. D) to a new kind of irrigation. E) to a precipitation which causes particularly severe erosion. Answer: B Diff: 2 2) The chemical component which is responsible for BASIC properties is A) hydroxyl ions (OH-). B) sulfur oxide (SO). C) hydrogen ions (H+). D) nitrogen oxide (NO). E) carbon dioxide. Answer: A Diff: 2 3) The pH of normal precipitation is A) slightly acidic. B) slightly basic. C) exactly neutral. D) strongly basic. E) not known. Answer: A Diff: 1 4)
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MYP 10 Tbilisi 2013 Project Title: Acidic rain and air pollution Options: * Use your knowledge in chemistry of hydrogen and provide suggestion how world’s energy crisis can be solved. * Use your knowledge in chemistry of sulfur and nitrogen and provide suggestion how air pollution in your city can be reduce. * Use your knowledge in chemistry of oxygen and provide suggestion how ozone layer depletion can be prevented. Chemists have all solutions! This planning guide
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