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AIR POLLUTION
PAN, CFC’s & MTBE
What is air?
• The invisible gaseous substance surrounding the earth, mainly of O2 &
N2 .
• Air is one of the essential factors making life on the Earth possible.
• Protection of air from pollution is a matter of great importance.
• Oxygen and nitrogen compose ~99 % of inhaled air, unfortunately we
also inhale;
Dust Water Small amount of
particles droplets other gases
Air and atmosphere:
Pollutants spread rapidly to far distances
in the atmosphere.
Free radical reactions catalyzed by ultraviolet light from the sun oxidize
unburned hydrocarbons to aldehydes, ketones, and dicarbonyl
compounds, whose secondary reactions create peroxyacyl radicals, which
combine with nitrogen dioxide to form peroxyacyl nitrates.
As constituents of photochemical smog:
Cl + O3 → ClO + O2
ClO + O → Cl + O2
O3 +UV → O + O2