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| Composition of Earth's Atmosphere |
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| 78.01 Nitrogen 20.95 Oxygen .93 Argon Other .01 CO2 .038 |
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| Only atmospheric gas that is reactive |
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| Are net exothermic (give off heat) |
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| Lots of reactions because of mixing of wind |
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| Regions of Ultraviolet Spectrum |
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| UV-C 200-280 UV-B 280-320 UV-A 320-400 |
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| Subtract by 32 and divide by 1.8 |
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| Principal components of smog |
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| Particulates (fly ash, silicates, C soot) SO2 H2SO4 (aerosol) CO NOx VOCs O3, aldehydes, PAN |
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| Components of industrial smog |
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| Particulates (fly ash, silicates, C soot) SO2 H2SO4 CO NOx |
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| Different types of Scrubbers |
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| Electrostatic, Bag Filtration, Cyclone Separator, Wet Scrubber, Limestone Slurry (gets rid of SO2) |
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| Layer of warm air traps smog, making it worse |
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| Chemical aspects of problems that human beings have created in the natural environment |
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| Substances produced synthetically by the actions of chemistry |
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| Population, Technology, Economics, Politics |
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| Earth's Life-Support System |
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| Air, Water, Lithosphere, Biosphere |
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| Components of Photochemical Smog |
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| NOx, CO, VOCs, O3, aldehydes, PAN |
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| 3 different types of functional groups |
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| aldehyde, peroxy, keytone |
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| What makes the red brown color of smog |
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| The absorption of NO2, the only component that absorbs in the visible portion of the spectrum |
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| The fraction of incident radiation that passes through the sample. T = P/P0 T ranges from 0-1 |
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| related to the transmittance by A = log (1/T) |
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| Tiny solid or liquid particles suspended in air |
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| Both molecules stretch out from center |
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| One molecule stretches out the other stretches in |
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| Bend towards each other inwards |
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| Both positive middle Negative |
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| One moves forward the other moves backwards |
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