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SO/sub 2/(g)-to-sulfate conversion rate in an oil-fired-power-plant plume in a fog bank

Conference ·
OSTI ID:5235485
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High acidity in rainfall, cloud droplets and fog droplets in areas influenced by anthropogenic sources of SO/sub 2/(g) and NO/sub x/(g) has been attributed to the formation of both H/sub 2/SO/sub 4/ and HNO/sub 3/. It has been suggested, based on the analysis of field data, that rapid conversion of SO/sub 2/(g) to sulfate must occur in cloud or fog droplets. Direct measurements of the rate of SO/sub 2/(g) to sulfate conversion in an oil-fired power plant plume as it passes through a fog bank are reported here. A conversion rate of 30+-4% SO/sub 2/(g) h/sup -1/ was found in the fog bank.
Research Organization:
Brigham Young Univ., Provo, UT (USA); NEA, Inc., Beaverton, OR (USA)
DOE Contract Number:
AC02-80EV10405
OSTI ID:
5235485
Report Number(s):
CONF-830617-13; ON: DE83015835
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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500200* -- Environment
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