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Two substances in the atmosphere that can combine with nitrogen and sulfur oxide from fossil fuel combustion are oxygen and water vapor. When nitrogen oxide and sulfur oxide emissions react with oxygen and water vapor in the atmosphere, they form nitrogen dioxide and sulfuric acid, respectively, contributing to air pollution and acid rain.

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What are 2 ways that nitrogen can be removed from the atmosphere?

Nitrogen can be removed from the atmosphere through the process of nitrogen fixation, where certain bacteria convert atmospheric nitrogen into forms that plants can use. Nitrogen can also be removed through lightning strikes, which can combine nitrogen molecules with oxygen to form nitrogen oxides that are washed out of the atmosphere by rain.


What can fix nitrogen into oxides of nitrogen?

A common route to combine oxygen and nitrogen is in combustion engines such as industrial furnaces and automotive engines. this is due to the high temperatures and free oxygen and nitrogen gases in the system.


When sulfur dioxide and nitrogen oxide combine with water in the atmosphere form what?

Sulfuric acid and nitric acid are obtained.


Does nitrogen clean atmosphere?

No, Nitrogen in air combines transforms into nitrogen oxides that are air pollutants and combine with atmospheric vapor causing acid rain that harms agriculture.


How nitrogen is removed from ecosystems?

Absorbed by plants that need it or is washed into a nearby stream, not that that's good.


Why will exhaust make your eyes burn?

Oxides of nitrogen (NOx), a combustion by-product, combine with water to form acid. The acid irritates your eyes.


How much does nitrogen pollute the air?

The air is already 78% nitrogen, so nitrogen doesn't pollute air. That being said, the nitrogen in air reacts under high heat and/or pressure such as an engine or combustion process to make nitrogen oxides which are toxic or can combine with water to make acid rain, or combine with reactive hydrocarbons in the presence of ultraviolet light to make photochemical smog.


Does nitrous oxide burn?

Nitrous oxide is, in a manner of speaking, already burnt. Generally the term "burn" means to oxidize (combine with oxygen) by combustion. Under normal conditions, the gas isn't flammable. Nor is pure nitrogen. Nitrogen doesn't oxidize easily in any case, which is why our atmosphere is almost 80% free nitrogen.


What process releases carbon into the atmosphere from fossil fuels?

Combustion. Fossil fuels contain carbon, hydrogen, Nitrogen, Oxygen and some other elements. But the largest is Carbon. So when such fuels burn they combine with the Oxygen and Nitrogen in air to form Carbon dioxide, Nitrogen oxides etc. Any form of carbon when burns produces carbon dioxide.


Power plants release sulfur dioxide and nitrogen oxides into the atmosphere where they combine with water vapor to form .?

acid precipatation


A fuel contains no nitrogen but nitrogen oxides are produced when it is burned why?

During combustion, the high temperatures cause nitrogen in the air to react with oxygen to form nitrogen oxides. These nitrogen oxides combine with other gases produced during combustion to form pollutants. Nitrogen can be present in the air or in the fuel as impurities, contributing to the formation of nitrogen oxides during combustion.


Why can nitrogen and oxygen combine inside a car engine?

Nitrogen and oxygen can combine inside a car engine due to the high temperatures reached during combustion. This leads to the formation of nitrogen oxides (NOx) as a byproduct. Nitrogen and oxygen in the air react with each other under these conditions to produce NOx emissions.