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Photochemical smog consists of excessive amount of X, in addition to aldehydes, ketones, peroxyacetyl nitrates (PAN) and so forth X is
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Options:
  • A CH4
  • B CO
  • C CO2
  • D O3
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The correct answer is: O3
Chemical pollutants in photochemical smog are nitrogen oxides (NO and NO2 ), volatile organic compounds, ozone O3 , peroxyacetyl nitrates.

In the presence of sunlight of the following reactions take place

NO2hvNO+O

O+O2O3

O3+NONO2+O2

Hence, it consists of excessive amount of ozone melecules.

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