(a) What is the half-life of 3000 ppm NO (a typical precontrol auto exhaust value) in air?
(b) What is the half-life of 1 ppm NO (a typical polluted atmosphere value)?
| Nitrogen oxide is one of the pollutants in automobile exhaust and can react with oxygen to form nitrogen dioxide according to | ||
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