Preferred Label : sink;
Detailed label : sink in atmospheric chemistry;
IUPAC definition : The receptor for material which is removed from the atmosphere. Because of long range
transport of many pollutants such as SO sub 2 /sub , sulfuric acid and its salts,
the sink region can be many hundreds of kilometres from the source region of the pollutants.;
Origin ID : S05703;
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The receptor for material which is removed from the atmosphere. Because of long range
transport of many pollutants such as SO sub 2 /sub , sulfuric acid and its salts,
the sink region can be many hundreds of kilometres from the source region of the pollutants.
