This is a continuing series of articles on pollution. This is the second part of the series.
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Smoke refers to the minute carbon particles that are formed as a result of incomplete combustion and fog is the dispersion of liquid particles which remain suspended in atmosphere near the earth’s surface. Smog simply put, is a mixture of smoke and fog.
Smog can be of the following two types-
Sulphurous smog- It is formed due to the presence of SO2 which may be due to the release of burning of coal. There is no photochemical process involved here. It can blanket urban areas at night or on cold days when the atmospheric conditions are relatively calm. A very famous example is that of London smog of 1952. This smog killed approximately 12,000 people and sparked a debate about environmental pollution. In the aftermath, the clean air act was passed.
It can cause diseases like asthma, bronchitis, pneumonia etc.
Photochemical smog- NOx preset in the atmosphere which may be released due to the automobile exhausts causes another type of smog formation that is known as photochemical smog (Los Angeles Smog). High vehicular density areas are more prone and it occurs when vertical air movement is a bit restricted. It consists of No2, PAN (Peroxy acetyl nitrate), Hydrocarbons, CO and Ozone. It can cause irritation, damage to vegetation and also reduce visibility.
PAN (CH3COOONO2) is one of the constituents of photochemical smog. It causes eye irritation. Also known as oxidising smoke and has brown fumes which can cause damage to the eye and lungs.
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Well dear authors this is great but i think we can make these popular writings bit more scientific with proper references and more of scientific insights.
Thanks Parth for commenting here! Actually this post is written for "GCG for Children" section. Therefore author has taken all the necessary precautions to make it simple for easy understanding.
Please accept my sincere apology for not understanding the main objective of the author. Thanks for clarifying.
It’s okay Parth. You have raised good point. We will write the same article in more scientific way for our general audience.