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Question
Name any three air pollutants and the sources of each of them
Solution
Pollutant :
- Carbon Monoxide (CO) :
- Nitrogen Oxides (NOx) :
- Sulphur Oxides (SOx) :
Sources :
- Gasoline fuel, motor vehicle fuel, burning of wood and coal, solid waste disposal, industrial processes.
- Primary sources are motor vehicles and power generation stations, combustion of organic matters, furnace stacks, incinerators.
- Mainly due to the burning of coal, smelting operations, refineries, chemical plants, open burning of garbage, and municipal incinerators.
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