The document describes the mechanisms of acid deposition caused by nitrogen and sulfur oxides. Nitrogen and sulfur oxides react with water and oxygen in the atmosphere to form nitric and sulfuric acids, respectively. These acids are deposited through both wet deposition (acid rain) and dry deposition. Hydroxyl radicals form through reactions between ozone, water vapor and oxygen, and play a role in transforming nitrogen and sulfur oxides into acids. Ammonia in the atmosphere neutralizes some acid and forms ammonium nitrate and ammonium sulfate.