A powerful eye irritant present in smog is________. Peroxyacyl ni

A powerful eye irritant present in smog is________. Peroxyacyl ni
| A powerful eye irritant present in smog is________.

A. Nitric oxide

B. Sulphur dioxide

C. Peroxyacetyl nitrate

D. Carbon dioxide

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Right Answer is: C

SOLUTION


  • Peroxyacyl nitrates (also known as Acyl peroxy nitrates, APN or PANs) are powerful respiratory and eye irritants present in photochemical smog.

  • They are nitrates produced in the thermal equilibrium between organic peroxy radicals by the gas-phase oxidation of a variety of volatile organic compounds (VOCs), or by aldehydes and other oxygenated VOCs oxidizing in the presence of NO2.

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