- Nitrogen is a chemical
element which has the symbol N and atomic number 7. Elemental nitrogen
is a colorless, odorless, tasteless and mostly inert diatomic gas at
standard conditions, constituting 78.1% by volume of Earth's atmosphere.
Nitrogen is a constituent element of all living tissues and amino acids.
Many industrially important compounds, such as ammonia, nitric acid, and
cyanides, contain nitrogen.
- Nitrogen was discovered
by the Scottish physician Daniel Rutherford in 1772. It is the fifth
most abundant element in the universe and makes up about 78% of the
earth's atmosphere, which contains an estimated 4,000 trillion tons of
the gas. Nitrogen is obtained from liquefied air through a process known
as fractional distillation.
- Nitrogen (N) is an
essential element of life and a part of all plant and animal proteins.
Crop plants cultivated for human consumption and a animal feed require
nitrogen for proper nutrition and maturation.
- Liquid nitrogen is
inert, colorless, odorless, non-corrosive, nonflammable, and extremely
cold. Nitrogen makes up the major portion of the atmosphere (78.03% by
volume, 75.5% by weight). Nitrogen is inert and will not support
combustion; however, it is not life supporting. Nitrogen is inert except
when heated to very high temperatures where it combines with some of the
more active metals, such as lithium and magnesium, to form
nitrides.
- The largest use of
nitrogen is for the production of ammonia (NH3). Large amounts of
nitrogen are combined with hydrogen to produce ammonia in a method known
as the Haber process. Large amounts of ammonia are then used to create
fertilizers, explosives and, through a process known as the Ostwald
process, nitric acid (HNO3).
- Ammonia is the basic
building block for producing nearly all forms of nitrogen-based
fertilizers. To a lesser extent, it is also used directly as a
commercial fertilizer. Ammonia is produced by reacting gaseous nitrogen
with hydrogen at high pressure and temperature in the presence of a
catalyst.
- Nitrogen, the plant
nutrient and fertilizer component most widely applied by American
farmers, is essential for maintaining the high yields achieved for major
crops such as corn, wheat, and cotton in this country. Natural gas is a
key component in the production of nitrogen, and the cost of natural gas
can account for up to 90 percent of nitrogen fertilizer production
costs.
- Namhae in South Korea
has announced that it will be closing its plant. This may mean an annual
import of over 400,000 mt by the company to continue to supply its
distribution network. Omnia in South Africa has purchased 15,000 mt
Libyan urea through Keytrade at $124 per mt cfr bulk for mid-November
arrival. Omnia has also purchased some granular urea from Bangladesh and
Saudi Arabia.
- The Urea market,
outside of North America, is bucking the bullish trend seen in other
Nitrogen commodities with prices for AN, UAN and ammonia all escalating.
The Yuzhny-US Gulf cfr granular spread is now a massive $90pt with the
Arab Gulf trading at a $30pt premium on prills. The United States
remained the world’s second largest producer and consumer of elemental
and fixed types of nitrogen following China.
- North American nitrogen
margins and sales volumes increased compared to both the third quarter
of 2006 and the fourth quarter of 2005, on stronger North American
demand and lower natural gas prices. Higher ammonia volumes moved from
our Borger system. North American nitrogen sales volumes were 35 percent
higher in the fourth quarter of 2006 than for the same period last year.
- Nitrogen market
fundamentals remain positive due to the expectation of strong import
demand from regions such as India, North America, Europe, and Latin
America. Higher grain prices and an increase in corn and wheat acreage
should support nitrogen demand globally. On the supply side, higher
domestic operating rates have only partially offset a significant year
over year decline in nitrogen imports.
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General
Information
- Nitrogen
- Nitrogen oxide
- Liquid Nitrogen
- Periodic table of
Nitrogen
- Overview of
Nitrogen
- Nitrogen
Dynamics
- Nitrogen in the
Environment
- Elemental information
of Nitrogen
Processing
- Simplified nitrogen
cycle
- The Nitrogen
Cycle
- Soil organisms and
nitrogen cycle
- Nitrogen cycling
process of an aquarium
- Nitrogen fertilizer
production process
- Nitrogen
fixation
- Haber–Bosch
process
- Nature's process for
nitrogen fixation
- Nitrogen cycle and
nature's interconnectedness
Functions
- Chronic nitrogen
enrichment affects the structure and function of the soil microbial
community
- Effects of nitrogen
deposition on patterns of ecosystem-level carbon and nitrogen
dynamics
- Effects of nitrogen
doping on optical properties of TiO2 thin films
- Human health effects of
a changing global nitrogen cycle
- Effect of nitrogen rate
on plant nitrogen loss in winter wheat varieties
- Nitrogen stress
effects
Properties
- Nitrogen
properties
- Chemical properties of
nitrogen
- Magnetic properties of
liquid nitrogen
- Characteristics of
nitrogen
- Properties of nitrogen
element
- Properties of solid
nitrogen
- General properties of
nitrogen
- Physical properties of
nitrogen
Company
Profiles
- Agrium
Inc.
- CF Industries,
Inc.
- The Kugler
Company
- PotashCorp
- Terra Industries
Inc.
- Koch Industries,
Inc.
Consultants
- List of Consultants
with their Resumes
- FCC fertilizer &
chemical consultancy limited
Projects
- Conceptual model of
nitrogen cycling
- Effects of
atmospheric CO(2) on the nitrogen production capabilities of
trichodesmium
- Restoring ecosystem
function through nitrogen management
- Formulate practical
management guidelines to minimise nitrogen losses
- CPU cooling with liquid
nitrogen
- Eco-friendly system offers cost-effective removal of
nitrogen from wastewater
Applications
- Car Powered by Liquid
Nitrogen
- 1001 things to do with
Liquid Nitrogen
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- Split nitrogen
applications
- Nitrogen applications
and uses
- Nitrogen application
with irrigation water
- Major applications of
nitrogen
- Applications of gaseous
nitrogen
- Uses of nitrogen
Plants
- Airox
Nigen-Onsite low cost P.S.A. nitrogen gas generator
- Mahler- Nitrogen gas
generator
- World's largest
nitrogen plant insulated with expanded perlite
- Stirling liquid
nitrogen production plants
- PSA nitrogen gas
generator
- Pressure Swing Adsorption nitrogen gas
generator/plant
- Industrial and medical
grade oxygen/nitrogen plant
- ING. L&A.
Boschi - Oxygen/Nitrogen plant
- Universal Industrial
Plant Mfg. Co. (P) Ltd.- Nitrogen plant
Safety and Guides
- Nitrogen - The bad guy
of global warming
- FAQ about
Nitrogen
- A guide to efficient
fertilization
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Material Safety Data Sheet
- Nitrogen
- Nitrogen
(Compressed)
- Liquid Nitrogen
- Nitrogen, Refrigerated
liquid
- Dinitrogen
tetroxide
- Nitrogen
Trifluoride
- Nitrogen gas
mixture
Technology
- Nitrogen
technology
- Clean coal
technology
- IBDU® slow-release
nitrogen technology
- Membrane
technology
- Nitamin
technology
- Nitrogen oxide-reducing
technology
- Nitrogen Gas Springs -
Nitro Springs
Market
- The Fourth International Nitrogen
Conference: N-2007
- African fertilizer
market
- Agrotain
international educates market on economics of nitrogen
investment
- Nutrient farming: The
business of environmental management
- Domestic nitrogen
fertilizer production depends on natural gas availability and
prices
- Reducing Nitrogen
levels in hog manure by diet manipulation
- Current Market status
of nitrogen
- Total import share of
total EU nitrogen (N) market
Products and
management
- Liquid Nitrogen Ice Cream
- List of nitrogen
products
- Nitrogen management and
the future of food
- Nitrogen Management in
Arizona Aquaculture
- Nitrogen Fertilizer
Management for Canola
- Nitrogen management for
grass pastures
- Nutrient
Manangement
- Best management
practices for nitrogen use
- Nitrogen management and
water quality
Report
- Nitrogen farming:
Harvesting a different crop
- Agrium- company
report
- Curbing Nitrogen
Runoff: Effects on Production & Trade
- Fertilizer production
report
- Nitrogen
(fixed)-ammonia report
- Overall nitrogen
report
- A primer on ammonia,
nitrogen fertilizers and natural gas markets
- Terra Industries Inc.-
company report
Patent
- Nitrogen
detection
- Nitrogen
fertilizer
- Fixation of
nitrogen
- Nitrogen
generator
- Production of
nitrogen
- Nitrogen
heterocycles
- Nitrogen
sorption
- Process for reducing
nitrogen oxides to nitrogen
- Photoreduction of
nitrogen
- Removal of nitrogen
from wastewaters
Manufacturers,
Suppliers and Buyers
- List of nitrogen gas
manufacturers
- List of suppliers of
nitrogen cylinders
- List of manufacturers
of liquid nitrogen
- List of suppliers of
nitrogen gas
- List of manufacturers
of nitrogen
- List of nitrogen
suppliers in Mangalore
- List of suppliers of
nitrogen CAS 7727-37-9
- Nitrogen gas suppliers
list
- List of Nitrogen
Suppliers in India
- List of nitrogen
suppliers in UK
- Nitrogen buyers list
Equipment
Suppliers
- Airox Nigen
Equipments Pvt. Ltd.
- Parker Filtration and Separation B.V.
- List of nitrogen plant
manufacturers in India
- List of nitrogen plant
manufacturers and suppliers
- List of manufacturers
of nitrogen plants
- List of Industrial Gas
Plants Manufacturers
- List of manufacturers
of Nitrogen Gas Generators
- List of exporters of
Nitrogen Generators
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