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A scrubber in the exhaust of a chemical industrial plant removes:
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Options:
  • A Gases like sulphur dioxide
  • B Particulate matter of the size 5 micrometer or above
  • C Gases like ozone and methane
  • D Particulate matter of the size 2.5 micrometer or less
Solution:
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The correct answer is: Gases like sulphur dioxide
A scrubber can remove gases like sulphur dioxide. In a scrubber, the exhaust is passed through a spray of water or lime. Sulphur dioxide is a major pollutant of chemical industrial plants and the dry scrubbing method is mainly used to remove this pollution.

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