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Reproduction In Organisms

Question
CBSEENBI12003433

Which of the following is a secondary pollutant?

  • Carbon dioxide

  • Nitrogen oxides

  • Peroxyacyl nitrates

  • All of these

Solution

C.

Peroxyacyl nitrates

Secondary air pollutants are photochemically produced from primary pollutants and are thus called photochemical oxidants. Ozone, peroxyacyl nitrates, aldehydes and phenols are produced due to photochemical reactions between nitrogen oxides and unsaturated hydrocarbons.