Photochemical Smog
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Gifted Chemistry IB
Alternative Assessment
Historically, the term smog referred to a mixture of smoke and fog, hence the
name smog. The industrial revolution has been the central cause for the increase
in pollutants in the atmosphere over the last three centuries. Before 1950, the
majority of this ....
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.... the occurrence of industrial smog. However, the burning of fossil fuels
like gasoline can create another atmospheric pollution problem known as
photochemical smog. Photochemical smog is a condition that develops when primary
pollutants (oxides of nitrogen and volatile organic compounds created from
fossil fuel combustion) interact under the influence of sunlight to produce a
mixture of hundreds of different and hazardous chemicals known as secondary
pollutants. Development of photochemical smog ....
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