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The only two species that contribute significantly to the charge are H+ and HCOj Thus, charge balance is achieved when [H+] = [HCO7I at pH = 5.62. 

Strategy. In this case, we need another set of reactions for the solution of S02 from the gas phase into the water (rain) and for the reactions of SO2 with water. These are just like the C02 reactions except that they have different equilibrium constant (K) values. 

We are given that the atmospheric partial pressure of S02 is 5 x 10-10 atm. Hence, 

We must consider the reactions of S02 with water S02 + H20 HSO3 + H+ 

HSOJ is called bisulfite. Rearranging this equation and substituting the S02 concentration from the Henry s law calculation above, we get 

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Schofield C. L. andTrojnar J. R. (1980) Polluted Rain. Plenum, NY, 347p. 

Gauri, K. L., Polluted Rain (Environmental Science Research). 17, 1980, 125-45. 

Figure 5 shows the variation of DC pulse response data for various rain samples during the period of Kuwaiti oil field burns (Feb. -Nov.1991). More details about polluted rain fall in Kuwait is avallablello). 

Scientists discover acid rain in North America. pH measurements show polluted rain to be 100 times more acidic than unpolluted rain. 

Mercury in Fish, In Polluted Rain, T.Y. Toribara, ed.. Plenum Press, New York, In Press, (1979). 

Direct chemical effects of polluted rain on the leaf epidermal tissues. 

Direct chemical effects of polluted rain on the pathogen. Combined physical/chemical degradation of protective waxes on the leaf surface by polluted rain. 

Direct Chemical Effect of Polluted Rain on the Pathogen... 

Proceedings of the Twelfth Rochester International Conference on Environmental Toxicity Polluted Rain, held in Rochester, New York, May 21-23,1979... 

In recent times the subject of atmospheric pollution has been brought home forcefully to the public by the large amount of exposure in the news media given to the phenomenon of "acid rain." A number of scientific conferences have also been devoted to this topic. However, in our concerns with the pollution of the atmosphere, we find that the acid is involved in more ways than the effects of the protons as would be suggested by such a title. We have, therefore, chosen the broader title of "Polluted Rain" in order to emphasize that the rain is principal depositor of the atmospheric pollution. We have further used the term "rain" in its broadest sense—that of anything that "rains down from the sky."... 

SESSION I THE CHEMISTRY OF POLLUTED RAIN Taft Toribara, Chairman... 

Bloomfield, J.A., Quinn, S.O., Scrudata, R.J., Long, D., Richards, A., et al. 1980. Atmospheric and watershed impact of mercury to Cranberry Lake, St. Lawrence County, New York. In Polluted Rain, ed. Toribara, Miller, Morrow. New York Plenum. 

Jernelov, A. 1980. The effects of acidity on the uptake of mercury in fish. In Polluted Rain, ed. Toribara, Miller, Morrow. New York Plenum. 

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