Sulfur dioxide

Looking at the period table, there are many elements, but Magnesium is the one needed for or enzymes to function properly. In addition to this, Magnesium has other roles to play in one’s daily life. In fact, the element is the eighth most prominent in the earth’s crust, but it isn’t a free metal. Thankfully, there are numerous minerals in Magnesium. Two of the most common minerals are dolomite and magnesite. These minerals and the element itself can be discovered in sea water. Saying this, come…

has on the environment. Chemical Sources In the formation of acid rain, natural and human-made sources are known to play a role. Human activities are the primary contributor of chemical emissions leading to acid rain, mainly nitrogen oxide and sulfur dioxide. Human-made contributors include the burning of fossil fuels by coal-burning power plants, factories and automobiles.…

Acid rain is any form of precipitation that has unusually high acidity (a pH level below 5.6) and caused by the transformation of nitrogen oxides and sulfur dioxide into secondary pollutants. pH is is a scale used that measures the acidity of liquids and ranged from 0 to 14. The lower the number, the higher acidity, or the higher concentration of hydrogen ions. 0-5 is considered acidic and as you move up to 7, this indicates the substance is neutral. The higher numbers on the scale indicate…

INTRODUCTION Worldwide, air pollution is a growing threat to human health and the natural environment. One of the major effects of air pollution is acid rain and it is caused by sulfur dioxide (SO2) and nitrogen oxides (NOx) gases. The combustion of high sulphur content fossil fuels can release harmful toxic gases into the air and therefore pose serious environmental problems. Coal, oil and natural gas are major energy resources available in environment where as fuel combustion processes and…

Where did phosphite come from? During WWII, rock phosphate was used as a white phosphorus incendiary and smoke screen. The shortage of rock phosphate concerned ag-officials and they began to look for alternative sources of phosphorus fertilizers. As a result, phosphonates were first considered as fertilizers in Germany and the United States during the 1930s and '40s. Rock phosphate is the beginning of most commercially made phosphorus products in the market today. Without the phosphate, many…

Cachou de Laval: This was the first sulfur dye. It is obtained by heating brown coal in a rotary baker with sodium polusulfide and sulfur. It is also made by heating organic refuse with sulfur and sodium sulfide at temoeratures varying from 100⁰-350⁰C. The higher the temperature, the darker the product. Other alternatives intermediates are lignite, sawdust, bran, sulfite cellulose waste liquors (free from calcium), oils, fats and fatty acids. It appears as black hygroscopic lumps or powder. It…

Pollution control equipment such as wet scrubbers control emissions from coal and oil combustion from energy and industrial production bring waste gases in contact with a sorbent that reacts and absorbs the sulfur dioxide. Another option is changing the way power plants burn coal and fossil fuels to reduce the nitrogen oxide created from the combustion. Methods to help mitigate nitrogen oxide emissions from cars is by the use of catalytic converters attached to…

neutrons. Selenium has the atomic number of thirty-four. The atomic mass is 78.96 for Selenium. It has 20 isotopes. The most stable isotope is Se (Selenium). Selenium is in the Chalcogen family. The Chalcogen family consists of Oxygen, Sulfur, Selenium, Tellurium, and Polonium.…

Colorado gets about 15.9 inches of rainfall per year. Rain used to be one of the best things that could happen in this state, but as humans pollute our world more and more, rain is becoming harmful. Our precious rainfall is becoming more and more acidic, which is causing harm to plants, wildlife, buildings, and humans. This acidic rain is commonly referred to as acid rain and more properly known as acid deposition. This research will thoroughly examine acid rain, it’s causes, the effects on the…

(see Figure 2), it can damage forests, lakes, streams and buildings. They damage plants, animals and the whole environment (see Figures 3, 4, and 5). It has many more effects which is crucial. First, it can cause health problems because nitrogen and sulfur oxides in acid rain leads to respiratory diseases such as asthma or chronic bronchitis which makes it hard to breathe. Additionally, nitrogen oxides can produce ozone in ground which can cause permanent lung damage. Acid rain also damage…