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    AIR POLLUTION AND CONTROL SEMINAR ON: PHOTOCHEMICAL SMOG DONE BY; MAHASWARI JOGIA WHAT IS A PHOTOCHEMICAL SMOG? Pea merce mC ME CUM ICOUM HOMO MELT one hit molecules of different kinds of pollutants in the atmosphere. Ree ee ew Oe RECUR emit it is detected in many metropolitan cities in the world. Re ee CM CMEC ML MECC U Cal Meee ome aL cee PLUNGE eMC MeO Meri e TMT M Lema mike (oc OR TUR UTE Mel Ge MOC Tee Me Role rece CMC TC come Commis formation of photochemical smog. peter ptr s Ea Reem mec Mec MeCN Thao the interaction of hydro carbon and nitrogen oxide released by exhausts of automobiles and some stationery sources. Ucar Meee CMe ee My emi ae TM MUeL EC rg secondary pollutants such as ozone, aldehyde, ketones, peroxyacyl nitrates. Pen MACRO REReMn In Chem ml hMIT eC ene Beeler ct} a FORMATION OF PHOTOCHEMICAL SMOG When fossil fuels are burnt, a variety of pollutants are emitted into the earth’s troposphere. Two of the pollutants that are emitted are hydrocarbons (unburnt CEM eet OM ODMR U MRO e TOME UME Mm Comme] sufficient, a chain reaction occurs from the interaction with sunlight in which NO is converted into nitrogen dioxide (NO,). This NO, in turn absorbs energy PROM Ce RLM eC tC ecm Q eto NO,(g) + Av Aas Raed ® Oxygen atoms are very reactive and combine with the O, in air to produce ozone, O(g) +O, (6) > 03 (g) (i) pert) 4 SUC CM OCLC ee CMTC AMR Lm Comme Gta] formed in the reaction (i) to regenerate NO,. NO, is a brown gas and at sufficiently high levels can contribute to haze. NO (g) + 0, (g) ——~> NO, (g) + O, (9) (i) Ozone is a toxic gas and both NO, and O, are strong oxidizing agents and can eMC COM Reema Conte such as formaldehyde, acrolein and peroxyacetyl nitrate (PAN). SCH, + 20, +3CH,=O +3H,O Formaldehyde CH,=CHCH=0 CH,COONO, Acrolein oO Peroxyacetyl nitrate (PAN) BeieL prc} 5 SOURCES FOR PHOTOCHEMICAL SMOG Pee R Nee Lo SmTCe reat ree)

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