Fuels containing sulphur, when burnt, releases sulphur dioxide in the air which mixes with water vapour to produce ________ .

Sulphuric acid

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Sulphur dioxide

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Sulphur monoxide

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Solution

The correct option is A Sulphuric acid
Sulphur dioxide is released into the air when fuel containing sulphur is burnt. This gas is corrosive and when it mixes with water in the air, it forms a highly corrosive compound called sulphuric acid, which along with nitric acid, forms acid rain.

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(a) Name the acid formed when sulphur dioxide dissolves in water.

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