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Formation of Nitrogen Dioxide
NO• + R-O-O• à NO2• + RO•
Formation of NO2 (and O3) driven primarily by:
•Concentration of NO• (rural areas)
•Concentration of VOC’s (metropolitan areas)
•Both NO• and VOC’s
***Summertime ozone pollution
results from an
overload in our air of NO•, VOC’s, or both