What is an ozone smog?

Answer 1

A mixture of pollutants, principally ground-level ozone, produced by chemical reactions in the air involving smog-forming chemicals. A major portion of smog-formers come from burning of petroleum-based fuels such as gasoline. Other smog-formers, volatile organic compounds, are found in products such as paints and solvents. Smog can harm health, damage the environment and cause poor visibility.
Smog is a combination of fog and pollution. The common cause of a widespread thick fog is a temperature inversion. If there is a significant source of pollution under the inversion, it gets trapped along with the fog. The famous London pea-soupers were produced by mixing fog with the smoke from several million open hearths burning coal. The coal used contained a large amount of sulphur, so the smoke contained lots of sulphur dioxide. This nasty yellow tinged fog killed hundreds of people in the 1950s; the resulting public outcry led to a ban on burning this type of coal. London still gets very thick fog at times, but it doesn't hurt the lungs any more. Los Angeles has an even bigger problem. Their pollution source is car exhaust emissions, especially oxides of nitrogen. . The photo-actinic effect of their continual strong sunlight makes the pollution worse. Banning cars is politically impossible, so the state of California has done the next best thing, with the strictest emission standards in the world. The problems caused by smog vary according to the pollution type. They include : Lung damage from bronchitis to cancer; severe eye irritation; blackened buildings; smelly hair and clothes.

Answer 2

A mixture of pollutants, principally ground-level ozone, produced by chemical reactions in the air involving smog-forming chemicals. A major portion of smog-formers come from burning of petroleum-based fuels such as gasoline. Other smog-formers, volatile organic compounds, are found in products such as paints and solvents. Smog can harm health, damage the environment and cause poor visibility.
Smog is a combination of fog and pollution. The common cause of a widespread thick fog is a temperature inversion. If there is a significant source of pollution under the inversion, it gets trapped along with the fog. The famous London pea-soupers were produced by mixing fog with the smoke from several million open hearths burning coal. The coal used contained a large amount of sulphur, so the smoke contained lots of sulphur dioxide. This nasty yellow tinged fog killed hundreds of people in the 1950s; the resulting public outcry led to a ban on burning this type of coal. London still gets very thick fog at times, but it doesn't hurt the lungs any more. Los Angeles has an even bigger problem. Their pollution source is car exhaust emissions, especially oxides of nitrogen. . The photo-actinic effect of their continual strong sunlight makes the pollution worse. Banning cars is politically impossible, so the state of California has done the next best thing, with the strictest emission standards in the world. The problems caused by smog vary according to the pollution type. They include : Lung damage from bronchitis to cancer; severe eye irritation; blackened buildings; smelly hair and clothes.

Answer 3

It Just Makes You Cant See And Stuff

Answer:

First a brief discussion of what smog is.

There are two types the smog:

• Smog "classic" found in London which was a mixture of fog, soot, and sulfur dioxides, and
• Photochemical smog present in places like Los Angeles which is a mixture of ozone, oxides of nitrogen, hydrocarbons and other nasties resulting from the interaction of car exhausts (primarily) and sunlight.

Classic smog caused breathing difficulties due to the presence of the sulfuric acid droplets. These same droplets ate away at stone and metal and killed plants.

Photochemical smog causes increased Asthma rates, allergic reactions, kills plants, causes lung problems (cancer).

Answer 4

Smog is a slang word originally developed to describe the mixture of smoke and fog that formed in London England as the result od coal burning in that City.

The term has since been applied to the photochemical smogcaused by VOCs and NOx in the presence of sunlight which creates PAH and ozone.

Noun:Fog or haze intensified by smoke or other atmospheric pollutants.

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Answer 5

Smog "Classic" is a form of air pollution caused by a mixture of smoke and fog.This was common in England as a result of the damp climate and heavy use of coal for heating and cooking.

The "New Improved" smog is photochemical smog. This is caused by the action of sunlight on hydrocarbon vapour and nitrogen oxides to produce PAH's and other nasties. It is common downwind of big cities as a result of automotive exhaust.

Answer 6

"Smog" is a noun meaning some kind of gas or smoke,usually visible.Look inside a dictionary for more information.

Answer 7

Ozone is a pollutant. It is also known as bad ozone.

Answer 8

Smog is air pollution caused by the burning of carbons for automobiles and factories.

Answer 9

Smoke Fog