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than 60 people died in the next 3 day due to its polluted environment. The second one is the Donora smog of 1948 that occurred in the Pennsylvania, which caused by the mixture of emission of plants and coal furnace which led to large amount of Sulfur dioxide, carbon monoxide and metal dust were trapped in the town during oct 26 and dec 31, 1948, caused 20 people asphyxiated and 7,000 people sickened in

Acid Rain: Effects on Living Organisms In latest days, the water in our atmosphere has indication that it is already polluted with nitrogen dioxide and sulfur dioxide, both are chemical compounds that develop acid once joint with water. When the water vapor compresses and falls down to the land, it is usually denoted as acid rain, though acid rain likewise falls down as snow or as dried out small particles, blending with water once it touches surfaces on the land. Acid rain lead to numerous upsetting

a pH of 5.0 or less. Most acid deposition ranges from pH 4.3 to 5.0. While a small portion of the Sulfur dioxide and Nitrogen oxide that cause acid rain is from natural sources such as volcanoes, most of it comes from the burning of fossil fuels.  The major sources of Sulfur dioxide and Nitrogen oxide in the atmosphere are: Burning of fossil fuels to generate electricity.  Two thirds of Sulfur dioxide and one fourth of Nitrogen oxide in the atmosphere come from electric power generators, vehicles

ABSTRACT This report is written to explain about acid rain in detail which is one of the hazardous effects of industrialization around the planet. The main causes and their contribution in increasing this curse for flora, fauna and humans. Further, this report describes various factors and it scrutinises the data not only of its adverse effect but also of gases’ amount which consequently make acid rain with water molecules. At the end, report ends up explaining methods to control this and solutions

extremely acidic. One of the most common acids that is absorbed into the rain is sulfur trioxide. This acid is produced from the vast amount of human activity on our earth. Nitrogen and sulfur are two main airborne elements that cause this dangerous precipitation of acids. The scientific study of acid rain has brought researchers to believe that sixty-five to seventy percent of acid rain formation is caused by sulfur dioxide. Various kinds of nitrogen oxides cause the remaining percentage of acid rain

exchange of calcium, magnesium, and other metals found in many soils takes the place of the acid's hydrogen ions. The source of the metal ions is rock weathering: the dissolving of minerals by precipitation and groundwater containing dissolved carbon dioxide, which gives the positive metal ions with anions of bicarbonate (HCO3 -). Then, when sulfuric acid is added the sulfate (SO4 2-) of the acid can displace calcium and magnesium ions, hydrogen ions responsible for acidity are left behind. The effectiveness

acid rain are chemicals such as sulfur dioxide being erupted from volcanoes. Acid rain has a major negative impact on the environment. According to HelpSaveNature, trees are greatly harmed from acid rain due to acid rain damaging the cuticles of leaves. In the prescience of acid rain, gas seeps into leaves where cuticle damaged has occurred. This gas takes the places of water in the photosynthesis process. Once this happens the plant cannot take in carbon dioxide and the plants starts dying. Acid

deposition; this term refers to acidic rain, fog, and snow. Acid Rain occurs when the two gases sulfur dioxide (SO2) and nitrogen oxides (NOx) react with each other in the atmosphere with water, oxygen, and more chemicals to form many acidic compounds. Scientists measure acid rain by using a scale called a pH scale. What they do is measure the normal rain. Normal rain is slightly acidic because carbon dioxide dissolves into it; it has the pH of 5.5. The effects of acid rain cause acidification of lakes

Acid rain is rain that is more acidic than normal. Acid rain is a complicated problem. Caused by air pollution, acid rain's spread and damage involves weather, chemistry, soil, and the life cycles of plants and animals on the land and from acid rain in the water. Scientists have discovered that air pollution from the burning of fossil fuels is the major cause of acid rain. Power plants and factories burn coal and oil. Power plants use that coal and oil to produce the electricity we need to heat

levels of hydrogen ions (low pH). It can have bad effects on buildings, plants, or even animals. Acid rain is caused by emissions of sulfur dioxide and nitrogen dioxide, which will react with water molecules in the atmosphere which produce acids and causes acid rain. Acid rain is usually cause by a chemical reaction which begins when compounds like sulphur dioxide and nitrogen for instants which are released in to the atmosphere. The substances can rise very high thousands of feet in to the air