EESA11H3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Main Source, Tuff, Bioaccumulation
21 Aug 2013
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Quiz - 4-5 for lectures 1 and 2, 3 from lecture 3. Sulfur dioxides and nitrogen oxides are the major precursors of acid deposition *quiz* - both can have wet and dry conditions - both create acids - *memorize the products they make. Sunlight increases the rate of transformation wet deposition - this transformation is difficult to predict - rain, clouds dry deposition. Carbon dioxide is another pollutant - weak vs sulfuric and nitric which are strong. Acid rain has a ph of 4 - same as coke. Usual conditions in the atmospheratmosphereis 5. 6 - same as carbonic acid since there"s an abundance of co2 in the atmosphere. Acid rain - sulfuric, nitric, and hydrochloric acid - this is anthropogenic ph - remember formula - acid formula is just h+ - important to know as it affects auatic systems. Has been monitorednoticed since 1872 by robert smith. Transportation and electric power plants *know these*
