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What is smog? How isclassical smog different from photochemical smog?

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Smogis a kind of air pollution. It is the blendof smoke and fog. There are two kinds of smog:

a) Classical smog

b) Photochemical smog

The two smogs can bedifferentiated as follows:

Classical smog

Photochemical smog

Occurrence

It occurs in a cool, humid climate.

It occurs in a dry, sunny climate.

Components

Smoke, fog, and sulphurdioxide.

PAN, acrolein, ozone, formaldehyde, nitric oxide.

Nature

It is reducing in nature

It is oxidizing in nature.


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