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sulfuric acid is the kind of acid in acid rain sometimes

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Acid rain contains sulfuric and sulfurous acid. The concentration os much lower than laboratory supplies of sulfuric acid

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Sulfuric Acid is an oxoacid of sulfur and is made of Hydrogen, Sulfur and Oxygen.

It is produced by burning sulfur in air to produce Sulfur Dioxide, and then oxidizing the Sulfur Dioxide to Sulfur Trioxide. Sulfuric Acid can then be made from Sulfur Trioxide.

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Airborne sulfuric acid is a byproduct of burning coal, which is what causes acid rain. The high sulfur content of most kinds of coal are one of the reasons why coal is considered one of the "dirtiest" ways of producing energy.

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Acid rain is basically Sulphuric acid and Sulfurous acid dissolved in rain water.

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Sulfur dioxide reacts with water to form sulfuric acid.

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it goes into the atmosphere and the clouds absorb it and if there is sulphur in the pollution it then mixes with the water in the clouds and rains it back down as acid rain

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How is sulfuric acid related to acid?

Sulfuric Acid is an oxoacid of sulfur and is made of Hydrogen, Sulfur and Oxygen. It is produced by burning sulfur in air to produce Sulfur Dioxide, and then oxidizing the Sulfur Dioxide to Sulfur Trioxide. Sulfuric Acid can then be made from Sulfur Trioxide.


How and why is sulfur connected to sulfuric acid?

Sulfuric acid formula is H2SO4.


How do you form oleum from sulfuric acid?

Dissolve excess Sulfur trioxide in concentrated Sulfuric acid


Is sulfuric acid a metal?

No, not strictly speaking. Sulfuric acid is a mineral acid. It is made by reacting Sulfur Trioxide with water. Sulfur Trioxide IS a non-metal oxide.


What do sulfur and sulfuric acid have in common?

They both contain the element Sulfur


Is sulfuric acid a compound or an element?

Sulfuric acid is a compound as are all acids.


What raw materials are used to make sulfuric acid?

Sulfur dioxide is formed by the combustion of sulfur. One of the principal ways of leakage of sulfur dioxide to air is through the sulfuric acid industry. Another way is the burning of material which are made out of vulcanized rubber that contains sulfur.


Is sulfur dioxide mixed with water an acid?

Yes, this is the sulfuric acid.


Is sulfur acid a mixture?

No, a sulfuric acid solution in water is homogeneous


Is sulfuric acid a non-metal oxide?

No, not strictly speaking. Sulfuric acid is a mineral acid. It is made by reacting Sulfur Trioxide with water. Sulfur Trioxide IS a non-metal oxide.


Is it possible to make sulfuric acid from the sulfur in a match?

no


Sulfur is mined chiefly for the production of?

Sulfuric acid