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What is produced from the burning of sulfur containing fuels as coal?
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What polluting gas produced from burning hydrocarbon fuels is not a problem with nuclear energy?
sulfur
What human activity releases large amounts of sulfur dioxide into the environment?
Sulfur dioxide is produced by the burning of coal to produce electricity. Nearly 2/3 of the sulfur dioxide produced is through the burning of fossil fuels.
Burning fossil fuels produces?
sulfur oxide
Why are low sulphur fuels good?
A gas, sulfur dioxide, is released from fuels containing sulfur. Both coal and oil may contain some sulfur. Sulfur dioxide can cause breathing problems. Sulfur dioxide can combine with water vapor to create acid rain, destroying vegetation in lakes and forests. I do not agree that burning low sulfur fuels is good, just less harmful than high sulfur fuels. See related links.
What is the primary source of sulfur dioxide?
Volcanoes produce more sulfur dioxide than any other cause. Some sulfur dioxide is also release from the burning of sulfur-rich fossil fuels.
What produces sulfur dioxide?
burning of fossil fuels
Which human activity has probably contributed most to the acidification of lakes in the Adirondack region?
burning fossil fuels that produce air pollutants containing sulfur and nitrogen
Why is the sulfur dioxide produced from burning fuels a problem?
sulfur dioxide is a very powerful and common greenhouse gas which traps the suns UV rays and leads to global warming.
What gas does complete burning of fossil fuels produce?
Complete burning of the hydrocarbon portion of fossil fuels produces carbon dioxide. Since most fossil fuels contains nitrogenous and sulfurous components also, nitrogen dioxide and sulfur dioxide would also be produced by complete combustion.
When burning fuels - what is produced?
Carbon dioxide
How do the combustion of some impurities in hydrocarbon fuels result in the formation of sulfur dioxide?
Sulfur dioxide is the product of burning (oxidation) of organosulfur compounds from fossil fuels.
How is electricity produced in the Caribbean?
it is produced bt the burning of fossil fuels
