acid rain Label
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DefGEMET: Rain having a pH less than 5.6. The acidity results from chemical reactions occurring when water, sulphur dioxide, and nitrogen oxides, generally released by industrial processes, are chemically transformed into sulphuric and nitric acids. (Source: DUNSTE)
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Initial version
fo on 2007-02-11
Last change
Barbara Fock on 2022-10-24