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Record 1 1985-05-29

English

Subject field(s)
  • Air Pollution

French

Domaine(s)
  • Pollution de l'air

Spanish

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Record 2 1982-08-10

English

Subject field(s)
  • Chemistry
CONT

When titration is considered for an entire watershed, as may be the case from sustained long-term atmospheric acid inputs, the same buffering processes can occur. However, the reaction is much more heterogeneous in a watershed, and the total quantity and variety of proton acceptor is greater.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Chimie
CONT

L'ion hydrogène H, ou proton, est le noyau de l'atome d'hydrogène. Il ne semble pas que le proton puisse exister à l'état libre dans un solvant comme l'eau. Il s'associe en effet à une molécule d'eau, qui joue le rôle de base (accepteur de protons), pour former l'ion hydronium (H3O+, ou ion hydrogène hydraté (...). L'eau peut jouer aussi le rôle d'acide (donneur de protons) (...)

Spanish

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