Until recently the inorganic anions nitrate (NO 3 −) and nitrite (NO 2 −) were considered inert end products of nitric oxide (NO) metabolism and unfavorable dietary constituents.However, a new ...

Nearly 3,000 tonnes of ammonium nitrate - taken from a ship off the coast of Beirut six years ago and then stored in a warehouse - has been blamed for the explosion that ripped through the port ...

Fertilizers common to crop production in Indiana usually contain nitrogen in one or more of the following forms: nitrate, ammonia, ammonium or urea. Each form has specific properties that determine ...

(NPK Fertilisers). Fertilisers containing nitrate ions (NO 3-) not only contain an essential nutrient, but are also very soluble. Different crops need fertilisers with different proportions of ...

This is a differential medium. It is used to determine if an organism is capable of reducing nitrate (NO 3-) to nitrite (NO 2-) or other nitrogenous compounds via the action of the enzyme nitratase ...

When they react water and a salt called sodium nitrate is produced. Katie: Oh, OK. So, does sodium nitrate have any uses by the way? What is it? Miss Fong: Yes. In industrial settings they're used ...

Biogenic fabrication of ZnO@EC and MgO@EC using Eucalyptus leaf extract for the removal of hexavalent chromium Cr(VI) ions from water.

Residents living near the scene of a head-on crash on the Bruce Highway are allowed to return home after they were earlier evacuated. It is the third major crash on the central Queensland highway ...