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Air pollution
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What type of pollution can be formed by car exhaust and burning coal or oil?
smog
What type of energy is given off by burning coal?
when burning coal it gives off heat energy
What is anthracite a type of?
Coal. Anthracite is a very hard very clean burning metamorphic type of coal.
London-type smog results from the burning of?
coal
How does photochemical smog differ from industrial smog?
London-type smog is caused mainly by air pollution due to combustion of coal and emission of sulphur dioxide and dust. Photochemical smog is a type of air pollution produced when sunlight acts upon motor vehicle exhaust gases to form harmful substances.
What Type of pollution that can be formed by car exhaust and burning coil?
Smog
What is the definition of nuclear pollution?
nuclear pollution is the type of pollution caused due to the release of radioactive substances in the environment
What type of rain is harmful to living and nonliving things?
Acid rain. Which can be produced either by industrial pollution (mostly sulfuric acid from coal burning), internal combustion engine pollution (mostly nitric acid), or large scale volcanic eruptions (mostly sulfuric acid).
How does coal mining harm the environment?
Coal mining has the following adverse effects on the enviroment: Extraction of the coal causes the landscape to sink Water is used to separate coal from stone which creates lots of dirty water. Deep mining requires vast amounts of contaminated water to be pumped out of the workings The waste solid material separated from the coal has to be disposed of. Transportation of the excavated coal requires railway links. Burning most types of coal can result in more air pollution (Carbon dioxide (CO2) causing global warming and climate change) than any other type of fossil fuel. Pollution with coal powders of the environment; coal burning release carbon dioxide, nitrogen dioxide, sulfur dioxide, flying ash.
What is London smog?
London-type smog is caused mainly by air pollution due to combustion of coal and emission of sulfur dioxide and dust. London smog has humid, foggy, stagnant air.
Why could a reaction in a furnace cause pollution?
sinse you are burning somwthing that will eventually reach the atmosphere, yes it can but not as bad as other type of pollutants such as burnig coal
What type of energy conversion that takes place when burning coal?
Chemical to thermal.
