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Key Stage 4
Meaning
Air Pollution is an substance released into the Earth's Atmosphere which can have a Harmful, Toxic or Corrosive effect on the environment.
About Air Pollution
- Air pollution is usually caused by combustion:
- Carbon Monoxide is a toxic gas produced by incomplete combustion.
- Soot is a harmful particle that can damage the lungs produced by incomplete combustion.
- Sulphur Dioxide is a gas that dissolves in rain drops to form Sulphurous Acid making Acid Rain and is produced by combustion of Fossil Fuels that contain Sulphur impurities.
- Nitrous Oxides is a group of gases that dissolve in rain drops to form Nitric Acid making Acid Rain and is produced by combustion of Fossil Fuels that contain Nitrogen impurities.
References
AQA
- Air pollution, pages 105, GCSE Combined Science Trilogy 2, Hodder, AQA'
- Air pollution, pages 214, 215, GCSE Combined Science Trilogy; Chemistry, CGP, AQA'
- Air pollution, pages 264, 274-5, GCSE Biology, Hodder, AQA'
- Air pollution, pages 276, 277, GCSE Chemistry, CGP, AQA'
- Air pollution, pages 290-291, GCSE Biology; Third Edition, Oxford University Press, AQA'