These pollutants react with water molecules, oxygen, and other chemicals in the atmosphere to form sulfuric acid (H2SO4) and nitric acid (HNO3). These acids then mix with precipitation (rain, snow, fog, etc.) and fall to the earth as acid rain.
Acid rains are produced by
Asked in TNPSC CS Prelims 2022 · WBCS Main Paper 4 2022 · Topic: Pollution (Air Pollution: Types, sources, primary & secondary pollutants, smog, acid rain, effects, control technologies & policies.)
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