noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
carbon dioxide
sulfur dioxide
sulphur dioxide
sulphur dioxide/carbon dioxide/greenhouse gas etc emissions
▪ The treaty calls for a 30% reduction in sulphur dioxide emissions.
sulphur dioxide/carbon dioxide/greenhouse gas etc emissions
▪ The treaty calls for a 30% reduction in sulphur dioxide emissions.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
atmospheric
▪ As levels of atmospheric carbon dioxide and methane increase, the greenhouse effect will trap increasing amounts of heat.
▪ Estimating the future rate of energy growth is of critical importance for predicting future concentration of atmospheric carbon dioxide.
reducing
▪ The government is committed to reducing sulphur dioxide emissions by 60 percent to their 1980 levels by 2005.
▪ The government has committed itself to reducing carbon dioxide emissions to 1990 levels by the year 2000.
■ NOUN
carbon
▪ So more and more coal, gas and oil are burned producing more carbon dioxide.
▪ Life generates methane, ammonia, oxygen, hydrogen, carbon dioxide, and many other gases.
▪ And burning coal, of course, produces, carbon dioxide as well as sulphur dioxide.
▪ The most obvious source, and one that is ubiquitous on the Martian surface, is carbon dioxide in the atmosphere.
▪ Implementing the directive across the 12 member states would save an estimated 26 million tonnes of carbon dioxide emissions a year.
▪ This waste may be burned to make a mixture of carbon dioxide, water, and nitrogen.
▪ This carbon dioxide is first transformed to carbonates, and incorporated in the shells of sea creatures.
▪ The more the continents are exposed to weathering, the more carbon dioxide is drawn down from the atmosphere.
concentration
▪ Changes in the size of boreal forests and carbon dioxide concentrations have moved in step for most of this century.
▪ They were surprised to find that carbon dioxide concentrations were higher in water taken from inside the algal blooms than outside it.
emission
▪ No cut in carbon dioxide emission is planned, merely stabilisation by 2005.
▪ Trees that could have been used to eat your car's microscopic carbon dioxide emissions.
▪ Removing these areas of high sensitivity will make targets for reduction of sulphur dioxide emissions easier to reach.
▪ All three books also cover the effects of carbon dioxide emissions in the atmosphere.
▪ This is because of the higher levels of carbon dioxide emissions from coal-fired stations compared with natural gas.
▪ The document proposes the stabilisation of carbon dioxide emissions by 2000 - a target which is likely to disappoint some.
▪ Carbon dioxide emissions will increase by between 9 and 23 percent, and fuel consumption will rise by 3-9 percent.
▪ Reducing carbon dioxide emissions to required levels will not be achieved by ceasing to mine coal in Britain.
gas
▪ When they are burned, their carbon combines with oxygen from the atmosphere to form carbon dioxide gas.
▪ They produce bubbles of carbon dioxide gas, which push the cake or bread batter up.
▪ Sodium bicarbonate plus an acid will produce bubbles of carbon dioxide gas.
level
▪ Nitrogen dioxide levels in central London rose by 40 percent between 1979 and 1989.
▪ For two years in Bio2, carbon dioxide levels meandered up and down.
▪ Much progress has been made countrywide to reduce sulphur dioxide levels, which have fallen by nearly half since 1970.
▪ But the general principle seems secure: we must beware of any further large increases in the carbon dioxide level.
▪ The sulphur dioxide level in Belfast was 32 parts per billion while the nitrogen dioxide level was 48.
▪ The only way they add to carbon dioxide levels is through the power consumed in their manufacture.
nitrogen
▪ It is usually caused by the emission of particulates or nitrogen dioxide.
▪ The sulphur dioxide level in Belfast was 32 parts per billion while the nitrogen dioxide level was 48.
▪ The southern California air basin is the only area in the country that still fails to meet the nitrogen dioxide standard.
▪ The gas is cleaned prior to burning and the sulphur dioxide and nitrogen dioxide, thought to contribute to acid rain, removed.
▪ However, this statistic conceals that levels of nitrogen dioxide have changed little since 1983.
▪ Of those figures, Britain contributed 1.84 million tonnes of sulphur and an equal amount of nitrogen dioxide.
▪ Apart from general operating conditions, it has set emission limits for sulphur dioxide, nitrogen dioxide and carbon monoxide.
sulphur
▪ And burning coal, of course, produces, carbon dioxide as well as sulphur dioxide.
▪ The maps will be used to show that current plans to reduce sulphur dioxide emissions from power stations will meet international commitments.
▪ Nox, together with sulphur dioxide, is one of the leading contributors to acid rain pollution.
▪ Much progress has been made countrywide to reduce sulphur dioxide levels, which have fallen by nearly half since 1970.
▪ Levels of sulphur dioxide in the air reached 2,400 microgrammes per cubic metre over the weekend.
▪ The sulphur dioxide level in Belfast was 32 parts per billion while the nitrogen dioxide level was 48.
▪ Recorded emissions of sulphur dioxide were 2.67 million tonnes in 1992, while nitrous oxides totalled 701,645 tonnes.
titanium
▪ The mixture is coagulated and titanium dioxide is added to adjust the weight.
▪ Nor is there any likelihood of competition being diminished, except in the case of one minor product, titanium dioxide.
▪ Details from Society of Cosmetic Chemists Titanium dioxide.
■ VERB
absorb
▪ These plants absorb the carbon dioxide released by the corals and so help to keep the water oxygenated.
▪ Rainforests absorb carbon dioxide and produce the oxygen essential for all life, including our own.
▪ One way of absorbing the extra carbon dioxide would be to plant more trees.
▪ Living tropical forests also absorb carbon dioxide.
cut
▪ It estimates that in that time it cut its carbon dioxide emissions by more than 20 percent.
▪ Doubling rail traffic would cut carbon dioxide emissions by only about 3 percent.
▪ Speeding up urban traffic could save 10 percent of fuel, and so cut back on carbon dioxide.
increase
▪ As irradiance increases the carbon dioxide supply becomes more important and eventually limiting.
▪ At that point, however, the still increasing emissions of carbon dioxide will begin the upward spiral once more.
▪ Any tissue starved of oxygen increases its carbon dioxide production and the lungs compensate by deep and sighing respirations.
produce
▪ So more and more coal, gas and oil are burned producing more carbon dioxide.
▪ They produce bubbles of carbon dioxide gas, which push the cake or bread batter up.
▪ And burning coal, of course, produces, carbon dioxide as well as sulphur dioxide.
▪ And it probably always will, since no conceivable technology can prevent petroleum combustion from producing carbon dioxide.
▪ The most immediate is that they take up oxygen from water to support their respiration and produce carbon dioxide.
▪ Sodium bicarbonate plus an acid will produce bubbles of carbon dioxide gas.
▪ The yeast feeds on the sugar and produces alcohol and carbon dioxide.
▪ Instead the bubbles are produced by injecting carbon dioxide into the finished wine.
reduce
▪ The new plan focused on reducing carbon dioxide emissions by cutting energy consumption.
▪ Other companies have studied ways to offset or reduce emissions of carbon dioxide.
▪ The maps will be used to show that current plans to reduce sulphur dioxide emissions from power stations will meet international commitments.
▪ When carbon monoxide is the reducing agent, carbon dioxide is produced.
▪ It would also reduce sulphur dioxide and nitrous oxide emissions, which cause acid rain, by 42,000 tonnes.
▪ Much progress has been made countrywide to reduce sulphur dioxide levels, which have fallen by nearly half since 1970.
release
▪ Because the diesel engine uses so much less fuel it releases substantially less carbon dioxide into the atmosphere.
remove
▪ Potassium hydroxide is injected into the tube to remove carbon dioxide.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ Breathing air is cleansed of deadly carbon dioxide in a three-step process.
▪ Gases, such as carbon dioxide, dissolve in liquids and can precipitate out as solids.
▪ Joseph Black had described carbon dioxide in 1756 while Henry Cavendish described hydrogen in 1766.
▪ Mr Bondevik wanted to postpone building gas plants until emissions of environmental-damaging carbon dioxide can be cut.
▪ Speeding up urban traffic could save 10 percent of fuel, and so cut back on carbon dioxide.
▪ The main global-warming gas, after all, is carbon dioxide, given off mainly by burning fossil fuels.
▪ The water vapor can then be cycled by reacting it with carbon monoxide to make carbon dioxide and hydrogen.
▪ When we breathe we take oxygen into the body and expel the waste gas, carbon dioxide, or CO2.