sulfur dioxide
noun
: a heavy pungent toxic gas SO2 that is easily condensed to a colorless liquid, is used especially in making sulfuric acid, in bleaching, as a preservative, and as a refrigerant, and is a major air pollutant especially in industrial areas
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During the shutdown, two workers were injured in a fire and the refinery repeatedly released hydrogen sulfide and sulfur dioxide into the air and benzene into Sand Creek, which flows along the refinery’s northeastern border.
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Noelle Phillips, The Denver Post, 15 Nov. 2024
Because right now, there's nobody to stop you from sending a weather balloon up and throwing some sulfur dioxide into the air.
—Taylor Wilson, USA TODAY, 9 Sep. 2024
In 1991 the eruption of Mount Pinatubo in the Philippines blasted more than 15 million tons of sulfur dioxide 21 miles high.
—Elizabeth Weise, USA TODAY, 7 Sep. 2024
These regions, which have rapidly industrialized over the past four decades, have seen a two- to fourfold increase in sulfur dioxide and black carbon emissions since the 1970s.
—Veerabhadran Ramanathan, Foreign Affairs, 16 Feb. 2016
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Noelle Phillips, The Denver Post, 15 Nov. 2024
Because right now, there's nobody to stop you from sending a weather balloon up and throwing some sulfur dioxide into the air.
—Taylor Wilson, USA TODAY, 9 Sep. 2024
In 1991 the eruption of Mount Pinatubo in the Philippines blasted more than 15 million tons of sulfur dioxide 21 miles high.
—Elizabeth Weise, USA TODAY, 7 Sep. 2024
These regions, which have rapidly industrialized over the past four decades, have seen a two- to fourfold increase in sulfur dioxide and black carbon emissions since the 1970s.
—Veerabhadran Ramanathan, Foreign Affairs, 16 Feb. 2016
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“Sulfur dioxide.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sulfur%20dioxide. Accessed 28 Nov. 2024.
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