Sunday, July 9, 2017

4.16: Understand How Sulfur Dioxide and Oxides of Nitrogen Oxides Contribute to Acid Rain



ACID RAIN: Rain with low pH due to presence of dissolved acidic gases such as Sulfur Dioxide and Oxides of Nitrogen

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CONTRIBUTION OF SULFUR DIOXIDE AND OXIDES OF NITROGEN OXIDE TO ACID RAIN:
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Sulfur Dioxide will react with Oxygen and dissolve in Water droplets of Clouds to form dilute Sulfuric acid, causing acid rain:

 Sulfur Dioxide   +   Oxygen   +   Water   →   Sulfuric Acid




Oxides of Nitrogen Oxides will dissolve in Water droplets of clouds to form dilute Nitric acid and Nitrous acid, causing acid rain:


 Nitrogen Dioxide   +   Water   →   Nitric Acid

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2 comments:

  1. yosefMay 13, 2019 at 9:54 AM

    O x i d e s o f n i t r o g e n o x i d e s

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  2. Samrah ShirazNovember 10, 2020 at 6:20 AM

    The compounds for water are wrong. It should be 2 hydrogen and one oxygen, the diagrams have 2 oxygen and 1 hydrogen.
    In the sulfuric acid equation, shouldn't there be 2 water molecules?

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