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Air contaminated with ozone, nitrogen oxides, and hydrocarbons, with or without natural fog being present. In the presence of sunlight, hydrocarbons and NO x are involved in a complex series of chemical reactions that eventually creates ozone and other oxidants as secondary pollutants. However, ozone is also destroyed by NO x . ...
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| photochemical smog |
Ozone air pollution. Ozone is a secondary pollutant because it requires sunlight (
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| photochemical smog |
Brown haze that blankets a city when exhaust from cars and trucks reacts in the presence of sunlight.
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| photochemical smog |
Smog created by the action of sunlight on unburned hydrocarbons and nitrogen oxides, mainly from automobiles; also called Los Angeles smog.
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| photochemical smog |
air pollution containing ozone and other reactive chemical compounds formed by the reaction of nitrogen oxides and hydrocarbons in the presence of sunlight.
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