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Primary air pollutants are ones directly emitted into the atmosphere.
Gaseous Air Pollutants
· Sulfur Dioxite (SO2) - Emissions from - electric power generation, petroleum refining, commercial use, residential use, combustion for industry use, production processes, extraction of fossil fuels, transportation - roads, aviation, ships, trains
· Nitrogen Oxides (NOx = NO + NO2) - emissions from motor vehicles, energy production
· Ammonia - emissions from livestock, fertilzers, oceans, vegetation
· Carbon Monoxide - emissions from motor vehicles and industries
· Volatile Organic Compounds - emissions from solvent use, from petroleum use, production processess
· Ozone (O3) - emissions from various pollutants
Persistent Organic Pollutants - emissions from aerosols, pesticides
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What are the Foreign substances in the atmosphere are called?
Air pollutants
What forms oxides that are common air pollutants and that yield acidic solutions in water?
Sulfur.
Steel erodes faster than normal when exposed to what air pollutants?
Zinc oxide
Does sterling silver tarnish?
Yes, pollutants present in the air react with silver and cause it to tarnish.
What causes rain water to have a low pH?
Low pH rain water is caused by pollutants in the air that create acids when they come in contact with water. Many of the pollutants are from burning fossil fuels such as coal.
What is the difference between secondary and primary pollutants?
Some Primary pollutants are like when humans directly put them in the air Secondary pollutants are like when pollutants react with Primary and other Primary pollutants.
What the difference between primary and secondary pollutants?
Primary pollutants are pollutants that enters the air directly from a source and Secondary pollutants are air pollutantsproduced by the reaction of a primary pollutant with some other pollutant
Is secondary pollutants more harmful than primary pollutants?
Primary air pollutants are emitted directly into atmosphere from a process such as exhaust from a engine, industries, volcanic eruption Secondary air pollution are formed in the air when primary pollutants interact.
What are the primary air pollutants?
The five primary air pollutants are carbon monoxide(CO), nitrogen oxides(NOx), sulfur dioxide(SO2), volatile organic(VOCs), and particulate matter(particulates or PM). ------->From natasha, FL lolx
Which of the following air pollutants is not a primary pollutant?
Car exhaust
Examples of primary air pollutants are carbon monoxide smoke and?
pollution
Two main human sources of primary air pollutants are?
Two main human sources of primary air pollutants are burning fossil fuels and transport. Transport is actually defined as a necessary evil.
What is primary pollution?
Pollution is any foreign substance present in more concentration than safer limits. They are two types of pollutants 1. Primary pollutants 2. Secondary pollutants Primary pollutants are those which generated directly from Source . That type of pollution is generally termed as primary pollution. Ex : Carbondioxide , Sulphur dioxide etc in case of Air pollution Secondary pollutants are those which formed by the combination of more than two or more primary pollutants Ex : Ozone , Photo chemical smog in case of air pollution
What are secondary pollutants and how do they form.?
secondary pollutants are pollutants that form when primary pollutants react with other primary pollutants or with naturally occurring substances
What types of pollution are there?
Secondary pollutants. Secondary pollutants are pollutants caused by man. Which consider smog, chemical pollution,ect.. Primary pollutants. primary pollutants are pollutants that are caused by nature. Volcano's eruptions etc. pollution can be caused in the air water sound and any where in the environment
What pollutants are pollutants in the air because of human activity?
the answer to this question is pretty simple and it primary pollutants
What is a primary pollutant?
Primary polluters are air pollutants that come directly from a source. A volcanic eruption is an example of a primary pollutant.
