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rhoward@matd.gatech.edu (Robert L. Howard) writes:
>Let's think here...what is acid rain?  It is acidic water!  If it fell
>from the sky and landed on your car, ruining the paint *as it hit* 
>creating the rain drop shaped spots nearly immediately don't you think
>a number of other symptoms would have appeared such as people with
>burns on their skin, ruined clothes, etc.  There are any number of
>materials which would be ruined before your car paint.

Acid rain on a car finish doesn't work this way.  No damage is done when
the rain drop hits the car, but rather after the rain stops and the car
is left wet.  As the car drys, only the water evaporates and the acid
concentration in the droplets left on the car increases, as does the
concentration of anything else dissolved in the water.  When the water
is all gone, you're left with a spot of whatever the water had in it.
And possibly paint damage as well.


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