NOUN
- a colorless toxic gas (SO2) that occurs in the gases from volcanoes; used in many manufacturing processes and present in industrial emissions; causes acid rain
How To Use sulfur dioxide In A Sentence
- The sulfite compound is very interesting, with a sulfite ion loose in a molecule of sulfur dioxide, potassium bisulfite or a sodium sulfite or bisulfite. John Tepper Marlin: Green Edge 2: Organic Wine-Making
- These are: ground-level ozone, particle pollution also known as particulate matter, carbon monoxide, sulfur dioxide, and nitrogen dioxide. John B. Townsend II: The Long, Hot Summer And Code Red Days
- A proposal known as stratospheric aerosol insertion suggests that chemicals - sulfur dioxide, in this case - sprayed into the Earth's nearest atmospheric levels could bind with other chemicals to reflect sunlight from the Earth. FOXNews.com
- Taking Guangzhou industrial enterprises as examples, how to control the emission of sulfur dioxide was discussed.
- An aircraft will soon fly over the lava dome to test for the presence of carbon dioxide and sulfur dioxide, signs that magma might be building up.
- Natural sources of emissions of sulfur dioxide include volcanic eruptions and forest fires.
- Other pollutants, such as nitrogen dioxide and sulfur dioxide, irritate the eyes, constrict air passages and lower the body's resistance to colds and other respiratory illnesses.
- Your lungs may be exposed to pollutants such as ozone, carbon monoxide, sulfur dioxide, and sulfuric acid.
- Lichens are intolerant to the presence of sulfur dioxide in acid rain and different species of lichen have different threshold levels before death occurs.
- Natural sources of sulfur dioxide are volcanoes and algae-producing di-methyl sulfide, which is converted to sulfur dioxide in the ambient atmosphere. Sulfur dioxide
