EES 1080 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Sulfur, Lead, National Ambient Air Quality Standards
22 Jan 2018
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Sio2: sulfur dioxide: sulfuric acid in the air with h2o. Two types of smog: photochemical: chemical reactions occurring in polluted air through the action of sunlight on pollutant gases to produce new compounds or gases; los angeles, ca. Beginning of the first wave of strict policies that actually worked. Set strict air quality standards, imposed emission limits, funded pollution-control research, enabled citizens to sue violators. Goal: must achieve levels above historic levels. Six criteria pollutants: figure 17. 13 + 14: carbon monoxide co2, nitrogen oxides nox, tropospheric ozone o3, sulfur dioxide so2, particulate matter pm, lead pb. Co monitoring: study performed to determine the major sources of tropospheric carbon monoxide; thought pollution was due to car emissions. Public reaction about keeping environmentally bad stuff away from wealthier neighborhoods. 7. a air pollution: fluvial processes review, air pollutants, examples, case study: co monitoring. Test #2: chapter 1-7 inclusive; 15,16,17,18 and lectures. Two types: (1) particulate matter (dust) (2) chemicals.
