(a) State one air pollution that… | Chemistry

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(a) State one air pollution that causes:

(i) blood poisoning

(ii) acid poisoning

(iii) blackening of the walls of buildings

(b) Mention one major chemical industry in each case which requires the following as raw materials:

(i) petrochemicals;

(ii) cellulose.

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(a) Air pollutant that causes:

(i) Blood poisoning: carbon(II) oxide (carbon monoxide, CO), which combines with haemoglobin and prevents oxygen transport. (Lead compounds also poison the blood.)
(ii) Acid poisoning / acid rain: sulphur(IV) oxide (SO₂) (also oxides of nitrogen, NO_x).
(iii) Blackening of the walls of buildings: carbon particles/soot (unburnt carbon from incomplete combustion).

(b) Major chemical industry using as raw material:

(i) Petrochemicals: the plastics/polymer (petrochemical) industry (also the synthetic fibre or synthetic rubber industry).
(ii) Cellulose: the paper industry (also the rayon/artificial silk or nitrocellulose industry).

(a) State one air pollution that causes: (i) blood poisoning (ii) acid poisoning (iii) blackening of the walls of buildings (b) Mention one major chemical i...