What are pollutants made of??

Question

its for an experiment. i wish you could help me, try and understand more about pollutants. all i know is they are the cause of pollution. What are examples of pollutants. Where can we get them?

Answer 1

from fossil fuel burning e.g. burning coal/natural gas/petroleum - incomplete combustion causes carbon monoxide to form

smelting of metals - sulfur is released and it forms a variety of compounds in the atmosphere that react with water to produce sulfuric and sulfurous acids - cause acid rain

Carbon dioxide from the burning of coals - is not in balance with the amount plants use in photosysnthesis - global warming - traps heat energy from the sun

plastics - non biodegradable- made from hydrocarbons - produced by the petrochemical industry

nitrogen dioixide reacts with water to produce nitric acid. This is produced in areas of high temperatures such as in car exhust pipes. The oxygen and nitrogen fuse together. The nitrogen dioxide reacts with water forming an acid or it can cause photochemical smog - which can cause major respiratory problems

theres a lot more

u can do more of the research e.g. google it

Answer 2

Pollutant are of 2 type

1. natural : that made up of Mainly protein and Lipids which includes the pollen grains, bacterias, viruses etc.

2.Sythetic: these are most dangerous and made up of Various compunds of Carbon and Hydrocarbon, also shows Various metals ans non metals, some are of radioactive materail etc.

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Answer 3

One of the bad pollutions is NO2 but Mother nature produces that every time it lightening . It is Mother nature way of fertilizing .So u need to get specific some things are pollution and some are not.