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=__** Sulfuric Acid Rain  **__= = =

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This picture represents how acid rain goes basically in a cycle and how it forms in clouds and how all of the chemicals that are not purposely made cause acid rain to deposit on earths surface. This picture also shows what types of things can cause acid rain to form.=====

__What is Sulfuric Acid Rain?__ ** ==== Sulfuric acid rain comes from Sulfur oxides. There are two kinds of sulfuric oxides. One of the two sulfuric oxides is sulfur dioxide. Sulfuric dioxide is a heavy, colorless gas with a suffocating smell. The sulfur dioxide comes when sulfur is burned in the air. Another type of the two sulfuric oxides is sulfur trioxide. Sulfur trioxide is a liquid that is formed by the combination of oxygen with sulfur dioxide under the conditions of high heat. Sulfur trioxide is noncorrosive and nonacidic when the substance is dry, But when in water the sulfur trioxide has an extremely high affinity for water, w  hen dissolving, it gives great force to form sulfuric acid. The heat of the solution is hot enough to boil water which causes (forms) sulfuric acid vapor. Sulfuric acid vapor is a serious environmental hazard. The two kinds of sulfur an oxide (sulfur dioxide and sulfur trioxide) comes from the burning of coal.[1]Sulfuric acid rain is also used in commercial chemicals. It is very corrosive and used in factory production. It combines with water easily, taking all the oxygen and hydrogen out of it. When sulfuric acid rain and water combine they become boiling hot. It is also used in the making of fertilizers and petroleum.[2] ==== = **__What Does Acid Rain Harm?__**  = =  =  Acid rain harms many things. When acid rain gets into streams it causes the acidity to increase, and so when the acidity changes the pH will chan ge causing some fish to start dying off. Acid rain can also deteriorate metal and stone structures. Costly repairs and maintainence are needed on deteriorated structures caused by the acidity of the rain. Acid rain can also harm plants by killing off the leaves and killing the nutrients in the soil that it needs to survive.[3]Acid Rain can also harm buildings. If humans breathe in the sulfuric acid it can harm their respiratory system. When the acid is in the air it can irritate the eyes.[4] As we all know we have few different types of acids in our acid rain. That leads to having sulfuric acid rain the air and it can cause lung damage in humans and other animals and is toxic to plants.[5] Fine particles from the rain have been shown to make humans sick and cause humans to die prematurely (before being born). To help crops from the damage of acid rain, people will put down limestone and fertilizers to help keep the pH balanced in the soil.[6]Acid can also effect some of the weather. Volcanic activity and lightning might increase because of the acid in the air. Wildlife in the water can be poisoned by mercury and aluminium that leaks into the water from the soil.[12]
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__**Where is Sulfuric Acid in the Gray Area?**__ ==== Juan Tuno tested the rivers and the rain in the Gray Area.Juan Tuno's results said that there is sulfuric acid in the Upper and Lower Rafta River, Lake Adaysicle and in the Rafta River Area Soil Runoff. In the Gray Area acid rain analysis, twelve percent of the acid rain is from sulfuric acid. The Gray Area analysis says that there is a high level of sulfuric acid rain.[7]There is a high level of acidity in the Rafta river and lake Adaysicle because the geography around it is granite. Granite does not neutralize because it is not a neutralizer to acid rain, therefore the Rafta river and lake Adaysicle would be acidic.[9] ====

=**__How are acid rain and the pH scale__** __**connect?**__=

As we all know now there are a couple different kinds of acid rain, But we haven't told you about how you can tell if the
===water is okay(neutral), basic(alkaline), or acidic. On the pH scale, the ranges are form 0-14, 0-6 being acidic, 7 being okay(neutral), and 8-14 being basic(alkaline). The pH scale relates to acid rain because the pH scale tells you, after you test the substance, how acidic, basic, or neutral the substance is by matching up the color on the "special paper" you use to test for the pH scale, to the colors on the pH scale (picture shown below).By using the pH scale you will be able to test the things you need to see how acidic, basic, or neutral they are.[10]===

[[image:http://www.pullouttheplug.co.uk/ks3_chemistry/images/content/ph-scale.gif caption="http://www.pullouttheplug.co.uk/ks3_chemistry/images/content/ph-scale.gif"]][11]
This picture is of the pH scale used to see if a substance is either acidic, basic(alkaline), or okay(neutral).

=__**Sources:**__= ==== source:[1]Ashworth, William, and Charles E. Little. "sulfur oxide." //Encyclopedia of Environmental Studies//, New Edition. New York: Facts On File, Inc., 2001. //Science Online//. Facts On File, Inc. http://www.fofweb.com/activelink2.asp?ItemID=WE40&SID=5&iPin= envrnstud3090&SingleRecord=True (accessed December 19, 2008). ====

==== source:[2].Meyer, B. "Sulfuric acid." __World Book Online Reference Center__. 2008. [Place of access.] 16 Dec. 2008  ====

==== source: [5]Ashworth, William, and Charles E. Little. "sulfur oxide." //Encyclopedia of Environmental Studies//, New Edition. New York: Facts On File, Inc., 2001. //Science Online//. Facts On File, Inc. http://www.fofweb.com/activelink2.asp?ItemID=WE40&SID=5&iPin= envrnstud3090&SingleRecord=True (accessed December 19, 2008). ====

==== source:[8]sulfuric acid rain, __visual dictionary online__, January 7,2009, http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://visual.merriam-webster.com/images/earth/environment/acid-rain.jpg&imgrefurl=http://visual.merriam-webster.com/earth/environment/acid-rain.php&usg=__w2PnoLq0JjCX-uFe8VkKX-Yfya8=&h=384&w=550&sz=100&hl=en&start=1&tbnid=IA0s1Kwi7G1NlM:&tbnh=93&tbnw=133&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dsulfuric%2Bacid%2Brain%26gbv%3D2%26hl%3Den%26safe%3Dactive%26sam ====

source:[9]Spangler, Evan. Detective Notebook. Cincinnati Ohio. Nagel middl
e school. 2009

source:[10] what is pH?.Last updated on Friday, June 8th, 2007. U.S. environmental protection agency. January 8,2009. http://www.epa.gov/acidrain/measure/ph.html.

source:[11] pH scale. http://www.pullouttheplug.co.uk/ks3_chemistry/images/content/ph-scale.gif. January 8,2009

source:[12]Acid rain's effect on plants and wildlife. 2002. Acid rain's effect on plants and wildlife. January 9, 2009. http://www.essortment.com/all/acidraineffect_rqmz.htm