The Korean Journal of Ecology
- Volume 16 Issue 1
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- Pages.17-26
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- 1993
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- 1225-0317(pISSN)
Plant morphological symptom caused by simulated acidic rain made by fuel gases
排氣가스로 만든 人工酸性雨에 의한 植物의 形態的 症狀
- Chang, Nam-Kee (Department of biology education, college of education, Seoul National Univ) ;
- Yun-Sang Lee (Poong-moon girls' highschool) ;
- Soo-Jin Yi (Poong-moon girls' highschool)
- Published : 1993.02.01
Abstract
We investigated the ph change of water caused by several fuel gases regarded as the main cause of the air pollution, To find out the main cause of increase of the acidity of the rain. We measured it while injrcting each fuel gas directiy to the distilled water. It was observed that bunker-c oil gas and anthracite coal gas were the main cause to make the ph of the solution lowest. We examined the effects of simulated acidic water solutions on several plant species. Simulated acidic rain made by bunker-c oil gas has significant symptom on the saxifraga stolonifera and commelina communis, while no injury was observed on plants exposed to simulated rainfall made by anthracite coal gas.
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