Nitrates are produced by a number of species of nitrifying bacteria in the natural environment using ammonia or urea as a source of nitrogen and source of free energy.
- NitrateLiquid ammonia is an ionising solvent, although less so than water, and dissolves a range of ionic compounds, including many nitrates, nitrites, cyanides, thiocyanates, metal cyclopentadienyl complexes and metal bis(trimethylsilyl)amides.
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Fertilizer
2 linksAny material of natural or synthetic origin that is applied to soil or to plant tissues to supply plant nutrients.
Any material of natural or synthetic origin that is applied to soil or to plant tissues to supply plant nutrients.
The resultant nitric acid was then used as a source of nitrate (NO3−).
Only some bacteria and their host plants (notably legumes) can fix atmospheric nitrogen (N2) by converting it to ammonia.
Nitrogen
1 linksChemical element with the symbol N and atomic number 7.
Chemical element with the symbol N and atomic number 7.
Many industrially important compounds, such as ammonia, nitric acid, organic nitrates (propellants and explosives), and cyanides, contain nitrogen.
The name nitrogène was suggested by French chemist Jean-Antoine-Claude Chaptal in 1790 when it was found that nitrogen was present in nitric acid and nitrates.
Ammonium nitrate
1 linksChemical compound with the chemical formula NH4NO3.
Chemical compound with the chemical formula NH4NO3.
It is a white crystalline salt consisting of ions of ammonium and nitrate.
Ca(NO3)2 + 2 NH3 + CO2 + H2O → 2 NH4NO3 + CaCO3
Salt (chemistry)
0 linksChemical compound consisting of an ionic assembly of positively charged cations and negatively charged anions, which results in a compound with no net electric charge.
Chemical compound consisting of an ionic assembly of positively charged cations and negatively charged anions, which results in a compound with no net electric charge.
Salts of strong acids and strong bases ("strong salts") are non-volatile and often odorless, whereas salts of either weak acids or weak bases ("weak salts") may smell like the conjugate acid (e.g., acetates like acetic acid (vinegar) and cyanides like hydrogen cyanide (almonds)) or the conjugate base (e.g., ammonium salts like ammonia) of the component ions.
Most nitrates and many sulfates are water-soluble.
Nitrite
0 linksThe nitrite ion has the chemical formula.
The nitrite ion has the chemical formula.
Nitrite can be reduced to nitric oxide or ammonia by many species of bacteria.
In some countries, cured-meat products are manufactured without nitrate or nitrite, and without nitrite from vegetable source.