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Ammonia - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Ammonia is a compound of nitrogen and hydrogen with the formula NH 3. It is normally encountered as a gas with a characteristic pungent odor. Ammonia contributes significantly to ...
Ammonia production - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Because of its many uses, ammonia is one of the most highly-produced inorganic chemicals. There are numerous large-scale ammonia production plants worldwide, producing a total of ...
Safety and Health Topics: Ammonia Refrigeration
Ammonia is considered a high health hazard because it is corrosive to the skin, eyes, and lungs. Exposure to 300 ppm is immediately dangerous to life and health.
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At room temperature, anhydrous ammonia is a colorless, highly irritating gas with a pungent, suffocating odor. It is lighter than air and flammable, with difficulty, at high ...
Ammonia - Yahoo! Health
An ammonia test measures the amount of ammonia in the blood. Most ammonia in the body forms when protein is broken down by bacteria in the intestines. The liver ...
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Ammonia in Cigarettes - Ammonia and Nicotine
Tobacco companies discovered that adding ammonia to the cigarette manufacturing process converts bound nicotine molecules in tobacco smoke into free nicotine molecules. This ...
ammonia - definition of ammonia in the Medical dictionary - by the ...
ammonia /am·mo·nia/ (ah-mōn´yah) a colorless alkaline gas with a pungent odor and acrid taste, NH3. Ammonia labeled with 13N is used in positron emission tomography of the ...
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Ammonia 'Whenever organic matter containing nitrogen is submitted to destructive distillation, more 01' less ammonia is formed. The chief sources of ammonia are: the distillation ...
AMMONIA, NH
Prof. Shakhashiri www.scifun.org General Chemistry AMMONIA, NH 3 Almost everyone has smelled the sharp, penetrating odor of ammonia, NH 3. As the active product of "smelling salts ...
Underestimating Ammonia | Atmospheric Turbulence and Diffusion ...
A recent article in Nature Geoscience describes how satellite data can be used to identify global ammonia hotspots. Ammonia emissions are difficult to measure and model, leading ...
ammonia definition of ammonia in the Free Online Encyclopedia.
ammonia, chemical compound, NH 3, colorless gas that is about one half as dense as air at ordinary temperatures and pressures. It has a characteristic pungent, penetrating odor.
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Ammonia is a compound of nitrogen and hydrogen with the formula NH3. It is normally encountered as a gas with a characteristic pungent odor. Ammonia contributes significantly to the nutritional needs of terrestrial organisms by serving as a precursor to foodstuffs and fertilizers. Ammonia, either directly or indirectly, is also a building block for the synthesis of many pharmaceuticals. Although in wide use, ammonia is both caustic and hazardous. In 2006, worldwide production was estimated at 146.5 million tons. It is used in commercial cleaning products.

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