Acid ram

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Acid ram has been defined as any precipitation with a pH lower than 5 6. Why 5 6 instead of 7.0 Can you perform a calculation to reproduce this value ... 

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ACID RAIN. Acid rain can be simply described as rain that is more acidic than normal. Acid ram is a complicated problem, Caused by air pollution, acid rain s spread and damage involve weather, chemistry, soil, and the life cycles of plants and animals on the land and in the water. 

Scientists have discovered that air pollution from the burning of fossil fuels is the major cause of acid rain. Acidic deposition, or acid ram, as it is commonly known, occurs when emissions of sulfur dioxide (SO ) and oxides of nitrogen (NOx) react in the atmosphere with water, oxygen, and oxidants to form various acidic compounds. This mixture forms a mild solution of sulfuric acid and nitric acid. Sunlight increases the rate of most of these reactions. 

There also is a concern about the impact of arid rain on forest soils. There is good reason to believe that long-term changes in the chemistry of some sensitive soils may have already occurred as a result of acid ram. As acid lain moves through the soils, it can strip away vital plant nutrients through chemical reactions, thus posing a potential threat to future forest productivity,... 

F.llerman, A.D.. R. Sctimalensee, F..M. bailey, er al.. Markets for Clean Air. Tire Uif. Aciri Ram Program, Cambridge University Press, New York, NY, 2000. Hocking, C, J. Barber, J. Coonrod, et al. Acid Ram, University of California Press, Berkeley, CA, 2000. 

Problem 16.14 The K2 for fumaric acid (/ram-butaenedioic acid) is greater than that for maleic acid, the cis isomer. Explain by H-bonding. 

An alkalinity of 200 microequivalents per liter is arbitrarily taken as a cutoff for sensitivity to acid ram i If a body of water with this alkalinity is mixed with a roughly equal volume of acid... 

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