Which among the following has the highest concentration of PAN ?
- Acid Rain
- Oxidizing Smog
- Reducing Smog
- Ozone
Solution
The photochemical smog result from the action of sunlight on unsaturated hydrocarbon and nitrogen oxides produced by automobiles and large manufacturing factories.
Photochemical smog has high concentration of oxidising agents and therefore called as oxidising smog.
Peroxxyacetyl nitrate is formed by hydrocarbon in the polluted air it is the example of oxidising smog.
Asked in: AP EAMCET 2021 (19 Aug Shift 2)
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