Contribution of NO3‐in lowering pH of precipitation
- 1 January 1985
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Taylor & Francis in Environmental Technology Letters
- Vol. 6 (1-11) , 391-394
- https://doi.org/10.1080/09593338509384356
Abstract
Preliminary analyses of 137 precipitation samples, tested for ion balance and specific conductance(SC), showed that the major ions existing were— six cations: H+, NH4 +, Ca2+, Na+, K+and Mg2+; three anions: SO4 2‐, NO3 ‐ and Cl‐. In terms of equivalence, NO3 ‐ exceeded SO4 2‐resulting in a pH of below 3.5.This publication has 5 references indexed in Scilit:
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