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The burning vinyl chloride produces hydrogen chloride (which becomes hydrochloric acid when in solution with water). Tens of thousands of pounds of it was prese
by maxerickson 4y ago
The burning vinyl chloride produces hydrogen chloride (which becomes hydrochloric acid when in solution with water). Tens of thousands of pounds of it was present.
So the answer is probably yes, with it being a lot harder to say what the exact effects are (because how much did it dilute in the atmosphere before going into solution, how quickly did it fall in rain, etc.).
It seems likely enough that there will be some rain that is moderately effected and not much else (because in terms of mixing with the atmosphere, tens of thousands of pounds isn't that much material).
- NegativeLatency 4y agoDon’t forget the dioxin! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polychlorinated_dibenzodioxins https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polychlorinated_dibenzodioxins https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Love_Canal https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Love_Canal
- 34679 4y agoThere used to be a town in Missouri called "Times Beach", before it was contaminated by dioxin. They had to evacuate the entire town, demolish every building, and spend years incinerating the soil. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Times_Beach,_Missouri https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Times_Beach,_Missouri
- maxerickson 4y agoAre they acidic?
- perihelions 4y ago- "The burning vinyl chloride produces hydrogen chloride (which becomes hydrochloric acid when in solution with water). Tens of thousands of pounds of it was present." A single Space Shuttle / SLS launch releases far more than that [0]. The solid-fuel boosters are 70% ammonium perchlorate; the primary form the chlorine ends up as is HCl. No one ever gave a shit. Really, the HCl component is the least concerning part of this disaster. This isn't 1970's-era acid rain, from the coal industry releasing sulfuric acid on a million-ton scale. [0] e.g. Table I, https://apps.dtic.mil/sti/pdfs/ADA289852.pdf https://apps.dtic.mil/sti/pdfs/ADA289852.pdf ("Stratospheric Ozone Reactive Chemicals Generated by Space Launches Worldwide")