... produced by electric utilities, industrial, commercial and residential heating, smelters, diesel engines and marine and rail transport, which creates sulfuric acid in rain. Nitrogen dioxide will also react with the rain, caused largely by transportation (cars, trucks, planes, etc.) and electric utilities, producing nitric acid. There is a certain degree of naturally occurring acidity in rain water. This ... (pH) EFFECTS ON AQUATIC LIFE 7 Neutral, H+ and H- are in balance 6.8 Shells of clams and snails become thinner, due to lack of hazardous calcium ions in the water 6.6 The viability of...

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... produced by electric utilities, industrial, commercial and residential heating, smelters, diesel engines and marine and rail transport, which creates sulfuric acid in rain. Nitrogen dioxide will also react with the rain, caused largely by transportation (cars, trucks, planes, etc.) and electric utilities, producing nitric acid. There is a certain degree of naturally occurring acidity in rain water. This ... (pH) EFFECTS ON AQUATIC LIFE 7 Neutral, H+ and H- are in balance 6.8 Shells of clams and snails become thinner, due to lack of hazardous calcium ions in the water 6.6 The viability of...

• Word Count: 3648
• Approx Pages: 15