Atmospheric pollution by hydrochloric acid

✍ Scribed by Eville Gorham

• Book ID: 104572118
• Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
• Year: 1958
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 190 KB
• Volume: 84
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0035-9009
• DOI: 10.1002/qj.49708436109

✦ Synopsis

Abstract

Precipitation samples from urban deposit gauges in Britain exhibit a distinct positive correlation between chloride and acidity in samples of pH < 5·7. The first‐order correlation coefficients for hydrogen ions and chloride in deposits from Sheffield, and from Manchester and Salford, are shown to be highly significant, while those for hydrogen ions and sulphate are not significant. It is therefore suggested that hydrochloric acid should be considered in assessing the causes of rain acidity in urban areas.