Acid Aerosol

A colloidal suspension of acidic particles that form the "summer haze" generated by SO2 and NO2 emissions from coal-burning power plants.

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A MERV of 9 was obtained for both polydisperse oleic acid aerosol tests, while a MERV of 7 was obtained for both polydisperse KCI tests.

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But the simulations that factored in the effect of sulfuric acid aerosol particles showed that if fossil fuels were burned, minute solid particles emitted into the air with CO2 would disperse and absorb sunlight and prevent heat from reaching the ground.

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These include hydrochloric acid aerosol, sulfuric acid and hydrogen fluoride.

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1981) and rabbits (Schlesinger 1985) that short-term inhalation of a low concentration of submicrometer sulfuric acid aerosol increased the rate of mucociliary particle clearance from tracheobronchial airways, whereas a higher concentration (1 mg/[m.

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The EPA identified two of the three stack gases released in large quantities for health risk assessment: hydrogen fluoride and hydrochloric acid aerosol.

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About 80 percent of air releases is hydrochloric acid aerosol.

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According to the Ministry of Environment, SO2 also causes formation of microscopic acid aerosols, which have serious health implications as well as contribute to climate change.

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Immediately after the eruption, some scientists predicted acid aerosols would cause ozone depletions of up to 10 percent during the winter.

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A 1987 study conducted in Ontario, Canada, for example, indirectly linked concentrations of acid aerosols - fine, caustic droplets that form from gases emitted by coal-fired electric power plants and other industrial sources --with the incidence of respiratory illnesses.