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[Study on ionic composition of rainwater at Guangzhou and the primary factors of rainwater acidity]
Jun-feng Liu1, Zhi-guang Song, Tao Xu
1Guangzhou Institute of Geochemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou 510640, China.
Abstract:
All rainwater samples were collected during the period Oct. 2003 to Sep. 2004 and analysed in terms of pH values, major cation, anion composition and soluble organic carbon (DOC). The measurement of pH values shows that 85% of these rain events were acid rain. The ionic composition analysis indicates that NO3-, SO4(2-), NH4+ and Ca2+ are dominant ions in the rainwater. DOC approximately consisted of 24.0% of total chemical components. Although SO4(2-) remains the dominant acidic ion in term of concentration, NO3- has become very important to the acidity of rainwater and as well as the organic acids. Furthermore, dust sourced Ca2+ appears to play significant role in neutralizing the acidity in rainwater.
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