All ammonia articles
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ResearchCore–shell nanomaterial enhances electrochemical ammonia synthesis
System combines two materials to balance activity and selectivity when reducing nitrogen to ammonia
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Research
Single-celled marine organism first to be found releasing oxygen in the dark
Discovery of new biological pathway in widespread archaea could transform understanding of oceans’ fertility
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Research
Dearomatisation, but without nasty reagents
New Birch reduction protocol creates solvated electrons without the dangerous combination of liquid ammonia and alkali metal
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Feature
How ammonia could decarbonise shipping
Andy Extance discovers why the compound best known as a fertiliser is a surprising candidate to power enormous container ships
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Research
Mechanochemistry makes ammonia under mild conditions
Ball-milling process could reduce energy consumption associated with key fertiliser feedstock
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Research
Record amounts of ammonia produced from nitrogen and water
Greener ammonia synthesis proceeds at room temperature and pressure using hydrogen from water splitting
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News
Explainer: Why is mixing cleaning chemicals such a bad idea?
Accidents involving cleaning products have been on the rise this year, most likely due to the Covid-19 pandemic
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Article
Chlorine, nitrogen and the legacies of Fritz Haber
His ammonia process fed the world – but he also pioneered chemical weapons
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Research
Strange bonds entirely new to chemists predicted in ammonia hydrides
High pressure compound containing bridging hydrogen cations might be found inside Neptune and Uranus
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News
Anhydrous ammonia leak in the US hospitalises 38
Two people remain in hospital in a serious condition after the material leaked from an agricultural transport outside of Chicago
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Research
Cutting ammonia pollution may lead to more acid rain in China
Any effort to target ammonia should aim to reduce sulfur dioxide pollution at the same time
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Podcast
Nitrogenase
The mysterious enzyme that can beat the world’s biggest chemical process when it comes to breaking the dinitrogen triple bond
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Research
Lightning-inspired method makes ammonia with no catalyst
Plasma-enabled electrolysis produces the vital gas in high purity – but also consumes much more energy than current methods
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Research
Catalytic fix for nitrogen fixation
Single-atom ruthenium catalyst doubles efficiency of electrochemical reduction of nitrogen to ammonia
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Research
Nanospike electrodes offer cheap, clean route to ammonia
Nitrogen-doped carbon catalyst improves efficiency of nitrogen reduction process
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News
Chemicals strategy to lay out UK government aspirations after Brexit
Twenty-five year environment plan short on details
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Research
Low-pressure ammonia production could cut fertiliser energy cost
Lanthanum–cobalt catalyst that breaks nitrogen triple bond under mild conditions could revolutionise small-scale ammonia synthesis
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Research
Ionic liquids yield ammonia under ambient conditions
Electro-reduction technique could spearhead an ammonia economy
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Business
US firm fined for mishandling ammonia
Demakes will pay $130,000 to settle violations and has spent $300,000 upgrading systems
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Business
Israeli company Haifa Chemicals shuttered
Lack of ammonia storage facility leads to colossal losses
