The Reason and Response for Acid Rain

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Acid Rain is basically rain that has been made acidic by Sulfur DiOxide ( SO2 ) and other pollutants. Acid rain is formed by the release of ( SO2 ) and ( NO2 ) into the atmosphere. Then the chemicals are absorbed into the rainwater and create acid rain. Acid rain , mostly comes from the chemicals emitted into the air by coal fired power plants. Now there is a big push for clean coal and these power plants have mostly accomplished that. The power plants have scrubbers, covered in limestone that remove or “ scrub” the sulfur oxide, nitrogen oxide and other harmful chemicals out of the coall Also acid rain is often mistaken by people to be “ green rain that burns you when it contacts your skin and body” but that is incorrect. Acid rain looks just like your normal precipitation, no color , and can only be see the effects on other surfaces. Acid Rain kills the trees indirectly periphrastically by damaging the leaves and depriving the trees of nutrients.

The purpose of this experiment was to determine if location affects the PH of rainwater. I hypothesize that the surface of Route II will be more acidic than any other tested locations. The procedure was to use PH paper to test water samples from rainwater and runoff. They were Church Street, Route II, my sidewalk, the railroad track runoff and a puddle along the fenceline. I found that the rainwater off the gravel road had the highest PH out of the five tested. The lowest PH recorded was the rain puddle along the fenceline. Thanks to the Alkaline properties of Limestone , it is used in agriculture to lower the acidity of soil.

This project was about acid rain , location and how those two things affect the ph of the water runoff. Acid Rain is a type of acid depositio...

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