Spring • ANALYSIS • CORROSIVE POLLUTANTS Rajesh Kumar Singh, The Effect of Corrosive Pollutants on Butterfly

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• Language: English
• Subjects: Carbonic acid
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Butterflies are beautiful creation of nature. These species survival become very critical due to enhancement of corrosive pollutants in atmosphere. Corrosive pollutants react with moist oxygen and water to form inorganic and organic acids. The oxides of Carbon, oxides of nitrogen, oxides of sulphur, oxides of haloens and hydride of sulphur form carbonic acid, nitric acid, nitrous acid, sulphuric acid, sulphrous acid and halo acids. Organic acids are formic acid, acetic acid and benzoic acid. Butterflies come in contact of these corrosive acids to form microbioelectrochemical corrosion cell. The oxidation and reduction reaction start on the body butterfly. It disturbs the biological clock of butterflies. This effect is destroying the life of butterflies. These corrosive pollutants reduce their population growth. The acid rain and global warming are also affect their life. The above mention acids convert into form of cloud and they come on the earth surface as water droplets. The acid rain produces corrosive behavior with butterflies. The concentration of carbon dioxide and methane gages are increased in atmosphere day by day. These gases are increasing the temperature of the earth and their life badly affected. The corrosive gases, acid rain and global warming are hindered their fertilization. The particulates are easily adhered with butterflies and they create various types of corrosive phenomenon on their body parts. The major corrosive phenomenon is galvanic which destroy their different body organs.