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Nowadays, tetrachloroethene Cl2C=CCl2 solvent has been replaced by liquified CO2 for the dry cleaning purposes. This is because:

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Important Questions on Environmental Chemistry

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Which of the following industrial chemical pollutant is carcinogenic?
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X is a hydrocarbon, A and B are neutral oxides of nitrogen, C is blue coloured gas and D is released when H2S is reacted with oxygen.

Identify the correct statements about X, A, B, C and D, which cause global warming.

i. X mainly present in natural gas.
ii. A combines with oxygen to produce 'B'.
iii. C is a main constituent of photochemical smog.
iv. D causes acid rain.

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The anion/anions that make/makes the water sample unsuitable for drinking, in which ppm level concentration of  F-=10, SO42-=100, NO3-=50  is/ are:

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Suppose it rains during a thunderstorm. The collected rainwater has a pH value

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Which of the following ions, if present in excess, can harm bones and teeth?
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When huge amount of sewage is dumped into a river, the BOD will:
 
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The smog is essentially caused by the presence of :
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Which of the following is not amongst the components of photochemical smog.