Fossil-fuel burning and widespread agricultural use of nitrogen fertilizer have led to a substantial worldwide increase in the amount of reactive nitrogen (Nr) — all forms of nitrogen except ...

The anion-exchange membrane reactor hydrogenates pyridine to piperidine. Credit: Yokohama National University Successful reduction of the chemical manufacturing industry's environmental impact relies ...

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Nitrogen is abundantly available in nature and forms the basis for many valuable products, both natural and artificial. This requires a reaction known as "nitrogen fixation," whereby molecular ...

Institute of Physical Chemistry of the Polish Academy of Sciences Nitrogen is everywhere: even in the air there is four times as much of it as oxygen. However, it is reluctant to form chemical bonds, ...

Researchers have produced two surprising compounds of nitrogen and the rare earth metal yttrium under very high pressure. The new polynitrides contain ring- and spiral-shaped crystal structures of ...

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Successful reduction of the chemical manufacturing industry’s environmental impact relies on finding a greener way to make the chemical building blocks for common and massively consumed compounds.