Chemistry > Enviromental Chemistry > 7.0 Acid Rain
Enviromental Chemistry
1.0 Introduction
2.0 Environmental Pollution
2.1 Pollutant
2.2 Contaminant
2.3 Source
2.4 Sink
2.5 Receptor
2.6 Threshold limit value (TLV)
2.7 Flow sheet of Environmental pollution process
2.8 Atmospheric Pollution
2.9 Tropospheric pollution or Air pollution
3.0 Types Of Pollution
3.1 Primary pollutants
3.2 Particulate Matter
3.3 Inorganic gases
3.4 Secondary Pollutants
3.5 Major air pollutants
4.0 Particulates
5.0 Control Of Air Pollution
6.0 Stratospherical Pollution: (Ozone Layer & its depletion)
7.0 Acid Rain
8.0 Green House Effect & Global Warming
8.1 Green house effect around the earth
8.2 Advantages of green house effect
8.3 Harmful effects of green house effect
8.4 Water Pollution
9.0 BOD Determination
10.0 COD determination
10.1 Control of water pollution
10.2 Land Pollution
10.3 Pesticides
10.4 Control of soil pollution
10.5 Green Chemistry: A new route to protection of environment
7.2 Harmful effect of acid rain
2.2 Contaminant
2.3 Source
2.4 Sink
2.5 Receptor
2.6 Threshold limit value (TLV)
2.7 Flow sheet of Environmental pollution process
2.8 Atmospheric Pollution
2.9 Tropospheric pollution or Air pollution
3.2 Particulate Matter
3.3 Inorganic gases
3.4 Secondary Pollutants
3.5 Major air pollutants
8.2 Advantages of green house effect
8.3 Harmful effects of green house effect
8.4 Water Pollution
10.2 Land Pollution
10.3 Pesticides
10.4 Control of soil pollution
10.5 Green Chemistry: A new route to protection of environment
(i) Damage to animals
Most of aquatic animals can not survive when pH is less than 4. Certain fishes die even when the pH is less than 5.5.
(ii)Damage to plants
Acidic water is dangerous for plants leaf pigments are decolourised, acid affects green pigments of plants. Agricultural productivity is also decreased.
(iii) Material Damage
Metallic surfaces exposed to acid rain are readily corroded. Textile fabrics, paper & leather products lose their material strength or disintegrate by the acid rain.