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Its reactions in the air are responsible for acid rain and photochemical smog

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Which one of the gasses sulfur dioxide or sulfur trioxide is more dangerous a pollutant?

sulfur trioxide


Which pollutant is reduced by using low sulfur fuels?

sulfur dioxide and sulfuric acid


What is the leading pollutant that causes acid precipitation?

Sulfur dioxide


Is sulfur dioxide emitted from a volcano?

Volcanoes often emit a harmful gas called sulfur dioxide. Sulfur dioxide is an air pollutant. It causes acid rain.


What Major gaseous pollutant for thermal power station?

Carbon dioxide, and sulfur dioxide


Sulfur dioxide combines with water vapor in the air to produce pollutant called?

This is the sulfuric acid - H2SO4.


What are The three primary pollutant gases?

Carbon monoxide Sulfur dioxide Nitrogen oxide (Switched on School House)


What happens to sulfur when burnt?

It becomes sulphur dioxide, a corrosive pollutant. The sulpher dioxide then mixes with water vapour in the atmosphere to produce acid rain.


Is smog an air pollutant?

Both the classic London smog (sulfur dioxide, fog and particulates) and the present photochemical smog (ozone, PAHs, hydrocarbon and nitrogen oxides oxides) are air pollution resulting from primary air emissions like hydrocarbons, sulfur dioxide, nitrogen oxides.


Is sulfur dioxide an air pollutant?

yes it is as it is produced by industries and mixes with water droplets and causes acid rain to fall


Which of these is not an major air pollutant measured by air quality index sulfur dioxide carbon monoxide particle pollution lead?

lead


What is a Pollutant which may be produced by large amounts of sulfur dioxide from coal burning power stations?

copper or nickel or platinum etc etc