SULPHUR OXIDE - ITS SIGNIFICANCE AS AN AIR POLLUTANT

SCHWEFELOXIDE - IHRE BEDEUTUNG ALS LUFTFREMDSTOFFE

THE BROCHURE PRESENTS A SURVEY OF THE EXISTING STATE OF KNOWLEDGE OBTAINED FROM SWISS AND FOREIGN STUDIES: PROPERTIES OF SULPHUR OXIDE (SULPHUR DIOXIDE AND SULPHUR TRIOXIDE), ITS OCCURRENCE, ITS TOXIC EFFECT ON HUMANS AND ANIMALS AND ITS EFFECT ON MATERIALS; REACTIONS OF SO2 IN THE ATMOSPHERE AND DISPERSION OF SULPHUR COMPOUNDS OVER LARGE DISTANCES. THE LAST TWO CHAPTERS CONTAIN DATA ON FUEL CONSUMPTION, SULPHUR CONTENT AND SO2 EMISSIONS IN SWITZERLAND BETWEEN 1960 AND 1977, SULPHUR DIOXIDE EMISSION AND THEIR ORIGIN FOR 1970 AND EMISSIONS OF SULPHUR OXIDES INTO SWITZERLAND DETERMINED FROM MEASUREMENTS.

• Authors:
  • Martin, Wiliam D
• Publication Date: 1978-9

Language

• German

Media Info

• Pagination: 37P
• Serial:
  • LUFTREINHALTUNG MITTEILUNG NR 2
  • Publisher: EIDGENOESSISCHES AMT FUER UMWELTSCHUTZ

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Air pollution; Animals; Anthropometry; Concentration (Chemistry); Fuel consumption; Oxides; Physical distribution; Sulfur; Toxicity; Vegetation
• Geographic Terms: Switzerland
• ITRD Terms: 2452: Air pollution; 2459: Animal; 7132: Concentration (chem); 9016: Distribution (gen); 232: Fuel consumption; 2055: Human body; 7372: Oxide; 7109: Sulphur; 8110: Switzerland; 2142: Toxicity; 2488: Vegetation
• Subject Areas: Energy; Freight Transportation; VEHICLE NUISANCE;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01289200
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Bundesanstalt für Straßenwesen (BASt)
• Files: ITRD
• Created Date: Nov 21 2010 1:40AM