Q. When rain is accompanied by a thunderstorm, the collected rain water will have a pH value

A) Uninfluenced by occurrence of thunderstorm
B) Which depends of the amount of dust in air
C) Slightly lower than that of rain water without
D) Slightly higher than that when the thunderstorm is not there
Explanation

(c)
When rain is accompanied by thunderstorm, the $N_{2}\ and\ O_{2},$ present in the atmosphere, combine together to give oxides of nitrogen which dissolve is rain water and give nitric acid (a strong acid). Due to presence of acid, the pH of rain water gets slightly lower
$N_{2} + O_{2}\overset{\ Thunderstorm\ }{\rightarrow}\ 2NO$
$2NO + O_{2} \rightarrow 2NO_{2}$
$4NO_{2} + O_{2} + 2H_{2}O \rightarrow 4HNO_{3} + rain\ water \rightarrow acid\ rain$

Dr. Abubacker
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Physics Educator & NEET/JEE Specialist

Ph.D. in Physics with 19+ years of teaching experience.