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Pesticides can be transported away from the site of appHcation either in the atmosphere or in water. The process of volatili2ation that transfers the pesticide from the site of appHcation to the atmosphere has been discussed in detail (46). The off-site transport and deposition can be at scales ranging from local to global. Once the pesticide is in the atmosphere, it is subject to chemical and photochemical processes, wet deposition in rain or fog, and dry deposition. 

Chlorine. Nearly all chlorine compounds are readily soluble in water. As a result, the major reservoir for this element in Figure 1 is the ocean (5). Chloride, as noted earHer, is naturally present at low levels in rain and snow, especially over and near the oceans. Widespread increases in chloride concentration in mnoff in much of the United States can be attributed to the extensive use of sodium chloride and calcium chloride for deicing of streets and highways. Ref. 19 points out the importance of the increased use of deicing salt as a cause of increased chloride concentrations in streams of the northeastern United States and the role of this factor in the chloride trends in Lake Ontario. Increases in chloride concentration also can occur as a result of disposal of sewage, oil field brines, and various kinds of industrial waste. Thus, chloride concentration trends also can be considered as an index of the alternation of streamwater chemistry by human development in the industrialized sections of the world. Although chlorine is an essential element for animal nutrition, it is of less importance for other life forms. 

Deposition. The products of the various chemical and physical reactions in the atmosphere are eventually returned to the earth s surface. Usually, a useful distinction is made here between wet and dry deposition. Wet deposition, ie, rainout and washout, includes the flux of all those components that are carried to the earth s surface by rain or snow, that is, those dissolved and particulate substances contained in rain or snow. Dry deposition is the flux of particles and gases, especially SO2, FINO, and NFl, to the receptor surface during the absence of rain or snow. Deposition can also occur through fog, aerosols and droplets which can be deposited on trees, plants, or the ground. With forests, approximately half of the deposition of SO(, NH+,andH+ occurs as dry deposition. 

Paints and coatings for automobiles have not been immune to damage by air polluhon. Wolff and co-workers (13) found that damage to automobile finishes was the result of scarring by calcium sulfate crystals formed when sulfuric acid in rain or dew reacted with dry deposited calcium. 

In the eastern United States, acid rain consists of 65% sulfuric acid, 30% nitric acid, and 5% other acids. In the West, windblown alkaline dusts buffer the acidity in rains occurring over many rural areas, whereas in urban areas 80% of the acidity is due to nitric acid (28). Average pH in rainfall over the eastern United States for the period April 1979-March 1980 was less than 5.0, with some areas less than pH 4.2 (29). The lowest annual pH recorded was 3.78 at De Bilt, The Netherlands, in 1967, and the lowest in an individual rainfall was 2.4 at Pitlochry, Scotland, on April li) 1974 (30). 

Acid deposition occurs when sulfur dioxide and nitrogen oxide emissions are transformed in the atmosphere and return to the earth in rain, fog or snow. Approximately 20 million tons of SOj are emitted annually in the United States, mostly from the burning of fossil fuels by electric utilities. Acid rain damages lakes, harms forests and buildings, contributes to reduced visibility, and is suspected of damaging health. 

Kinematic coagulation The scavenging of small particles by large particles, which increases the speed of the larger particles by differentia] settlement, such as in rain drops or from spray nozzles. 

Tritium first detected in atmospheric hydrogen (V. Fairings and P. Harteck) and later shown to be present in rain water (W. F. Libby et al, 1951). 

When considering environment it generally becomes difficult since actual service conditions are most of the time unpredictable. As an example, there is a systematic difference in the frequency distributions of liquid water content in rain. It appears that the areas most likely to have high values of liquid water are where there is a plentiful supply of moisture and a high instability in the atmosphere. The lowest values of liquid water are obtained from the climatic areas of light continuous rains such as that found along the northwest coast of the United States. 

Nitric acid occurs naturally, in traces, in the atmosphere in rain w from the electrical discharge of lightning and from nuclear expins. Indeed, the natural nitrates of the world have probably been formed by the action of naturally occurring nitric acid to the extent of 4-6 lbs of combined nitrogen per acre (Ref 30)... 

Susan Solomon and James Anderson showed that CFCs produce chlorine atoms and chlorine oxide under the conditions of the ozone layer and identified the CFCs emanating from everyday objects, such as cans of hair spray, refrigerators, and air conditioners, as the primary culprits in the destruction of stratospheric ozone. The CFC molecules are not very polar, and so they do not dissolve in rain or the oceans. Instead, they rise to the stratosphere, where they are exposed to ultraviolet radiation from the Sun. They readily dissociate in the presence of this radiation and form chlorine atoms, which destroy ozone by various mechanisms, one of which is... 

Unlike other biogeochemical elements, phosphorus does not have a significant atmospheric reservoir. Thus, while some amount of phosphorus is occasionally dissolved in rain, this does not represent an important link in the phosphorus cycle. River runoff is the primary means of transport between the land surface and oceans, and unlike the other elements discussed. 

For both polluted and remote conditions, therefore, the cycling of sulfur from low oxidation state gas to sulfate particles and then back to the surface in rain takes place on a time scale of a few days. 

We begin our analysis by comparing the surface fluxes. According to the indicated partitioning factors, 74% of the 11 Mg DMS-S/m /h emitted from the ocean surface should be returned as nss-SO in rain. This leads to a predicted wet deposition flux of nss-SO of 8.1 Mg S/(m /h), which is 37% lower than the measured flux of 13 Mg S/(m /h). Since the estimated accuracy of the DMS emission flux is 50% (Andreae, 1986), this is about as good agreement as can be expected. It indicates that our "closed system" assumption is at least a reasonable first approximation. (A more sophisticated treatment would consider sulfur oxida-... 

Rain samples collected from around the Great Lakes contained both a- and P-endosulfan (Strachan and Huneault 1979). Mean concentrations of a-endosulfan in rain samples from the Great Lakes ranged from 0.1 ng/L (n=13) to 3.8 ng/L (n=16). Mean concentrations of P-endosulfan in rain samples ranged from 1 (n=14) to 12 ng/L (n=16). The endosulfans were not found to any significant extent in snow-core samples (Strachan and Huneault 1979). Detection limits were not reported. 

Recognising an acetal Is a problem for many chemists in raining. Molecule (1) Is obviously an acetal, and the first disconnection is easy to write... 

C04-0146. The largest single use of sulfuric acid is for the production of phosphate fertilizers. The acid reacts with calcium phosphate in a 2 1 mole ratio to give calcium sulfate and calcium dihydrogen phosphate. The mixture is crushed and spread on fields, where the salts dissolve in rain water. (Calcium phosphate, commonly found in phosphate rock, is too insoluble to be a direct source of phosphate for plants.) (a) Write a balanced equation for the reaction of sulfuric acid with calcium phosphate, (b) How many kilograms each of sulliiric acid and calcium phosphate are required to produce 50.0 kg of the calcium sulfate-dihydrogen phosphate mixture (c) How many moles of phosphate ion will this mixture provide ... 

Ligocki MP, Leuenberger C, Pankow JF. 1985. Trace organic compounds in rain. II. Gas scavenging of neutral organic compounds. Atmos Environ 19 1609-1617. 

Kohler M, NV Heeb (2003) Determination of nitrated phenolic compounds in rain by liquid chromatography/ atmospheric pressure chemical ionization mass spectrometry. Anal Chem 75 3115-3121. 

Tagami and Uchida [18] recently determined the concentration of "Tc in rain and dry fallout by a sensitive analytical method using ICP-MS. Values ranged between 0.23 and 0.36 mBq/m2, just slightly above the detection limit (0.16 mBq/m2). 

Most deserts and (semi-) arid regions occur between 10° and 35° latitude (e g. Sahara desert, Kalahari desert), in the interior parts of continents (e g. Australia, Gobi desert) and in rain shadow areas in fold belts (e.g. Peru, Nepal). Large parts of the arctic tundra receive less than 250 mm precipitation per annum and qualify as arid regions too (FAO, 2001). 

Merk, I. (1967). Fallout in Rain, Dust, and Soil and Its Absorption in Plants, Report No. EIR-103 (Eidgenoessisches Institut fuer Reaktorforschung, Wuerenlingen, Switzerland). 

Four processes are considered diffusion (absorption), dissolution in rain of gaseous chemical, and wet and dry deposition of particle-associated chemical. 

Pankow, J.F., Isabelle, L.M., Asher, W.E. (1984) Trace organic compounds in rain. 1. Sample design and analysis by adsorption/thermal desorption (ATD). Environ. Sci. Technol. 18, 310-318. 

Figure 5.22. Voltammogram of the simultaneous determination of Cu, Pb, Cd, and Zn with DPASV at the HMDE, and subsequent determination of Selv by DPCSV in the same run in rain water at an adjusted pH of 2. Preconcentration time for DPASV 3 min at -1.2 V, for DPCSV 5 min at -0.2 V. 1 Original analyte. 2 After first standard addition. Total analysis time with two standards. Source Author s own files...

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