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Acid Rain - Term Papers

Acid Rain


is caused by pollution containing sulfur dioxide,
nitrogen oxide, and ozone ( SOý, NOx, and Oý ) is released into the air.
These chemicals are absorbed into clouds and results in Acid Presipitation
( , Acid Snow, Acid Hail, Acid Sleet ). When the chemicals aren't
absorbed into clouds, they can drift for miles and fall to the ground,
resulting in Acid Deposition, or dry deposition.

When Acid Rain falls into water it is mixed in with the normal
water and causes the pH of the entire body to be raised. Measurments on the
pH ( potential Hydrogen ) scale, rise exponentialy, thus, a lake with a pH
of 4 is ten times as acidic as a lake with a pH of 5, and a lake with a pH
of 3 is 100 ...

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two ways.
1) Acid rain will dissolve alkaline rocks and soil, or will neutralize the
alkalinity.

2) Acid rain will increase the acidicy of already acidic rocks and soil,
such as granite, or the soil which results from corroded granite.

Acidic chemicals, and alkaline chemicals react to each other by
reducing the alkalinity or acidicy of each other. Which ever has the
strongest pH level, usually will neutralize or reduce the pH of the other,
but after the reaction is complete, both substances have undoubtably
changed, their pH moved closer to neutral ( pH 7 ). This knowledge led to
the use of Salting.

Salting ( dropping salt, chalk, or limestone into lakes and streams
) is a done to reduce the acidicy of the water, and neutralize the water,
counteracting the effects of the acid rain. This involves literally tonnes
of salt, and an Airplane with a bombay. This is only a temporary solution,
as putting salt into the water will not stop the acid from coming, it ...

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Added: 3/17/2006 07:00:27 PM
Category: Science & Nature
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