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Why is the proportion of carbon dioxide in the air is higher in industrial areas than residential areas?
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What are the levels of atmospheric carbon dioxide just prior to the beginning of the industrial age in the mid-1700s and in 2004?
In the mid-1700s the levels of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere were about 280 ppm (parts per million).In 2004 the levels of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere were about 375 ppm.In 2012 the levels of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere were about 393 ppm.
Why the proportion of carbon dioxide is higher in the air near industrial areas?
The concentration of gaseous pollutants is higher nearer their source than at a distance. This change in concentration is the basis for calculating the ground level concentration (glc) of pollutants when designing industrial stacks. In the case of carbon dioxide the gas originates from the industrial combustion of fuel and would be expected to be higher downwind of the source. The same logic applies to sites downwind of busy cities or roadways. The concentration eventually levels out to the approximate 380 ppm typical of the Earth's atmosphere. Interestingly there is a corresponding dip in the concentration downwind o growing crops or forests as the plants extract the carbon dioxide and replace it with oxygen.
What gas is produced by respiration?
Carbon dioxide.
When was the first year humans altered the increased of carbon dioxide?
Around 1800, at the start of the Industrial Revolution, we began burning coal to drive steam engines. That's when carbon dioxide levels began to increase.
What gas is given off by cellular respiration?
Carbon Dioxide
What is the reaction of carbon oxide and water?
I think you mean of carbon dioxide and water. Carbon dioxide will dissolve in water and a very small proportion of it will dissociate to form a very weak acid.
What industrial process is releasing more carbon dioxide?
Any industrial process that uses electricity or fossil fuels (coal, oil and natural gas), and that is most of them, releases additional carbon dioxide into the atmosphere.
Would you expect that the concentration of carbon dioxide over an industrial site will be higher or lower?
The concentration of carbon dioxide over an industrial site might be higher, because of the emissions, however, carbon dioxide mixes well with other gases, so it will spread out all over the world.
What law is described by the fact that the ratio of the mass of oxygen in carbon dioxide to the mass of oxygen in carbon monoxide?
law of multiple proportion
Does carbon dioxide or carbon monoxide have a benefit?
For the applications of carbon monoxide see the link below. Carbon Dioxide is taken in by green plants and used to make Oxygen that we breathe. Carbon Dioxide is used to make 'Carbonated' beverages. Carbon Dioxide is used in many industrial applications, such as welding. Carbon Dioxide is used to make Dry Ice. Carbon Dioxide is used in Fire Extinguishers.
What are the industrial uses of carbon dioxide?
bubbles in soft/fizzy drinks. or (less industrial) use for fire extinguishers
What would happen if much carbon dioxide in the air is not used by plants in food making?
When there is too much carbon dioxide collecting in the air and the plants do not use it up, it may grow to toxic proportions. The content of oxygen will reduce in proportion to the amount of carbon dioxide.
Examples of the law of definite composition?
formation of water and hydrogen peroxide , carbon dioxide and carbon monoxide are the big examples of law of definite proportion
What gas has increased in concentration in the atmosphere since the beginning of industrial revolution?
Carbon dioxide
What gas has increase in concentration in the atmosphere since the beginning of the industrial revolution?
Carbon dioxide
What atmospheric element has increased in the atmosphere since the beginning of the Industrial Revolution?
Carbon Dioxide
Is carbon dioxide found in homes related to utilities?
As well as being produced by cars, certain industrial processes, burning wood and so on, carbon dioxide is what human beings produce when they exhale (breathe out). So yes, carbon dioxide is in EVERY home.
