<h1 class="ql-align-center"><strong style="color: rgb(230, 0, 0);">Nitrate Radicals&nbsp;</strong></h1><p class="ql-align-center"><br></p><h3><strong>Context&nbsp;</strong></h3><ul><li class="ql-indent-1">Recently, a new study has found that parts of <strong>India and China</strong> are hotspots for the night-time production of nitrate radicals.</li><li class="ql-indent-2">While cities in Europe and the United States have experienced a decline in the nocturnal production of nitrate radicals, parts of China and India have experienced a rapid increase.</li></ul><h3><br></h3><h3><strong>About Nitrate radicals:</strong></h3><ul><li class="ql-indent-1">Nitrate radical is an <strong>oxide of nitrogen</strong> that consists of three oxygen atoms bound to a nitrogen atom.</li><li class="ql-indent-1">Nitrate radicals can increase the amount of <strong>deadly ozone and PM2.5 particulate matter in the atmosphere.</strong></li><li class="ql-indent-1">Nitrate radicals will oxidize gas pollutants such as <strong>volatile organic compounds (VOCs).</strong></li><li class="ql-indent-1">These VOCs will then generate <strong>ozone and secondary organic aerosol, both deteriorate air quality.</strong></li><li class="ql-indent-1">Ozone is an air pollutant that affects human health and crop yield.</li><li class="ql-indent-1">The synthesis of nitrate radicals rises at night in some regions of India, particularly in northern India.</li><li class="ql-indent-1">Reducing the emissions of VOCs could reduce this night-time oxidation in India and China.</li></ul><p class="ql-align-center"><br></p><h1 class="ql-align-center"><strong>PRELIMS NOTES:</strong><strong style="color: rgb(0, 102, 204);">CLICK HERE</strong></h1>