- What is a serious air pollution phenomenon resulting from an atmospheric reaction
of sulfur dioxide? - In what form may approximately half of the sulfur in coal be physically separated
before combustion? - What is a method used to separate sulfur dioxide from furnace stack gas?
- Name two ways in which green chemistry can be applied to reduce sulfur dioxide
emissions. - What is an important health effect of nitrogen dioxide? Why is it particularly
important in atmospheric chemistry? - What is the distinction between acid rain and acid deposition?
- What are five categories of adverse effects from acid precipitation?
- Chemically, what is distinctive about ammonia in the atmosphere?
- What is the historic evidence for the toxicity of elemental chlorine, Cl 2?
- What are some sources of atmospheric hydrogen sulfide? Is it a health concern?
- In what respect is atmospheric carbon dioxide essential to life on Earth? Why may
it end up being the “ultimate air pollutant? - What are some of the more harmful effects projected if global warming occurs to a
significant extent? - What can green chemistry do about global warming?
- What is a greenhouse gas other than carbon dioxide that is produced by
microorganisms? - What are the ingredients and conditions leading to the formation of photochemical
smog? - What substances are found in a smoggy atmosphere?
- What are some harmful effects of smog?
- What are some of the ways that green chemistry can help prevent smog?
- The temperature of a specific number of moles of gas occupying initially 23.0 L was
changed from 75 ̊C to -20 ̊C at constant pressure. Recalling the significance of 273
in such calculations, what was the volume of the gas after the temperature change? - The pressure on a specific number of moles of gas occupying initially 13.0 L was
changed from 1.15 atm to 0.900 atm at constant pressure. What was the volume of
the gas after the temperature change?
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