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quedgeley | 21:39 Mon 31st Dec 2007 | Gardening
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Silly Question I know!

A group of us were having a discussion,when one came away with the suggestion that ordinary rain is a (very very) diluted form of (sulphuric acid?)

How accurate was he?

Thanks in anticipation.
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Not in the best of worlds... but, in areas that use coal as a fuel, especially large inducstrial furnaces, a by-product of the coal burning is sulphur dioxide. This can react with oxygen and water to form sulphuric acid, which falls to the ground along with rain water, which is the so-called acid rain.
In rain forests or other pristine, non-industrial areas, the rain is about as pure of water as one can get...
Actually rain is midly acid, even in the cleanest areas, but it is very weak carbonic acid rather than sulphuric acid.
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