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Acid rain is a rain or any other form of rain or snow that is unusually
acidic, meaning that it contains rain with low potential of hydrogen (pH).
It can cause harmful effects on plants, aquatic animals and infrastructure.
Acid rain is caused by the emissions of sulfur dioxide (SO2) and nitrogen
oxide (NO), which react with the water molecules in the atmosphere to
produce acids.
Acid rain generally occurs in a big and crowded city, which have industrial
areas and a lot of cars. Combustion of fuels produces sulfur dioxide (SO2)
and nitric oxide (NO), then they are converted into sulfuric acid and nitric
acid trough some chemical prosesses. When the 2 solutions oxidize and
form clouds, the aqueous from drop in the form of acid cloud droplets.
This phenomena is called acid rain.