Acid Rain is rainfall that has a pH of less than 5.6. Acid Rain, a major pollution factor in today's society damages everything in its path. For the last ten years acid rain has brought destruction over all the domesticated continents. Acid Rain is formed when oxides of nitrogen and sulfite combine with moisture in the atmosphere to make nitric and sulfuric acids. These acids can be carried far from their origins. For example, if formed in the United States they may not "rain down" until they hit Europe. In this essay, I will talk about the cause, effects, and prevention of Acid Rain.
Two primary sources of Acid Rain are Sulfur Dioxide and Nitrogen Oxide. Sulfur Oxide is a colorless gas that is released as a by-product of combusted fossil fuels containing Sulfur. Industrial processes, like the production of iron, steel, utility factories, and crude oil processing produce this gas.
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English: From the EPA website on acid rain http://...In iron and steel production, the smelting of metal sulfate ore, produces pure metal. This releases Sulfur Dioxide. Sometimes Sulfur Dioxide can be released into the air by natural means. But volcanoes, sea spray plankton, and rotting vegetation only make up ten percent of today's problem. We were not doing poorly with the natural production of Sulfur Oxide, but adding on the addition seventy percent causes a problem. The other chemical mainly responsible (there are more minor chemicals yet they don't pose a significant threat) is Nitrogen Oxide. These gasses are by-products of firing processes of extremely high temperatures used by car and utility plants, and fertilizer production. Natural processes like volcanic activities and lightning make up only a small amount of five percent of Nitrogen Oxide production. The remainder is made up of our transportation and industrial combustion. The most is made up of transportation. Nitrogen...
A critical review
You obviously know your stuff, and did quite a bit of reasearch as well. All in all a very well written essay. I did notice a few mistakes however, such as mistakes in spelling and grammer, as well as some differences in the monetary unit you used. In the future, stick to dollars or pounds or marks or yen, keep it standard. Once again, an excellent paper, hopefully you wont take this hard, I'm only trying to help you out.
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