Air Quality: Course Introduction

Course Introduction

This course covers Air Quality 

This course aims to answer several questions, including:

• 1 Which chemicals make up air, and which ones are pollutants? How do I make sense of data about air pollution?
• 2 What chemical reactions produce air pollutants? What happens to these pollutants in the atmosphere?
• 3 What choices can we make personally, locally, nationally or globally to improve air quality?

The following information, included in this course, is covered at Higher Tier only:

• Nitrogen monoxide NO is formed during the combustion of fuels in air, and is subsequently oxidised to nitrogen dioxide 
• Wet scrubbing
• Benefits and problems of using alternatives to fossil fuels for motor vehicles