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Smog, Classical Smog

What is smog?...

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

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Smog is a kind of air pollution. It is the blend of smoke and fog. There are two kinds of
smog:
a) Classical smog
b) Photochemical smog
The two smogs can be differentiated as follows:

$\begin{matrix} C l a s s i c a l s m o g & P h o t o c h e m i c a l s m o g O c c u r r e n c e & I t o c c u r s i n a & I t o c c u r s i n a d r y, c o o l, h u m i d c l i m a t e . & s u n n y c l i m a t e . C o m p o n e n t s & S m o k e, f o g a n d & P A N, a c r o l e i n, o z o n e, S u l p h u r d i o x i d e . & f o r m a l d e h y d e, n i t r i c o x i d e . N a t u r e & I t i s r e d u c i n g i n n a t u r e & I t i s o x i d i z i n g i n n a t u r e . \end{matrix}$

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