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The commissioning of the underground pipeline to transmit highly flammable methane gas would immediately result in a decrease of sulphur-dioxide air emissions in the highly polluted Durban south basin by about 50 percent.
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By reducing agents such, for example, as sulphuretted hydrogen and sulphur-dioxide, it is rapidly converted into hydrobromic acid.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 3 "Brescia" to "Bulgaria" Various
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We see, therefore, that the weights of sulphur combined with a definite weight of oxygen in the two compounds called respectively "sulphur-dioxide" and "sulphur-trioxide," are in the proportion of 8.02 to 5.35, i.e.,
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Pure water is found always to consist of oxygen and hydrogen combined in the ratio of 1.008 parts by weight of the latter to 8 parts by weight of the former; and pure sulphur-dioxide, to take another example, is found always to consist of sulphur and oxygen combined in the ratio of 8.02 parts by weight of sulphur to 8 parts by weight of oxygen.
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Europe's proposal to force shipping fleets to cut emissions of sulphur-dioxide gas will only add painful costs to an industry already in tight straights, William Stoichevski writes from Oslo.
The Globe and Mail - Home RSS feed Michael Babad 2011
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Europe's proposal to force shipping fleets to cut emissions of sulphur-dioxide gas will only add painful costs to an industry already in tight straights, William Stoichevski writes from Oslo.
The Globe and Mail - Home RSS feed Michael Babad 2011
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The technology, which will reduce sulphur-dioxide emissions, would have to be retrofitted, owing to the fact that it had not been included in the plant's original design.
Engineering News | Home Terence Creamer 2010
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The bank notes that the sulphur content of the coal to be used at Medupi, which is calculated at 1,4% by weight, together with the large scale of the plant, some 4 800 MW, meant that sulphur-dioxide emissions could have a "significant adverse environmental impact".
Engineering News | Home Terence Creamer 2010
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Therefore, sulphur-dioxide emissions would have to be removed using a "wet FGD" solution, or a gypsum process, using limestone located at Kraalhoek and Dwaalboom, some 180 km from the Lephalale site.
Engineering News | Home Terence Creamer 2010
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A court has ordered the refinery to cut its sulphur-dioxide emissions or face heavy fines.
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