ammonia
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3.8
- noun
- /əˈmoʊniə/
:
amoníaco
- All show excellent germination and growth of vegetation because the ammonia had been volatilized.
- ammonia odor
- ammonia and chlorine
- ammonia and chloramine
System for converting hydrogen into ammonia for fertilizer.
- System for converting hydrogen into ammonia for fertilizer.
- So all that's in here is tree SAP and water and ammonia, right?
- This means if you burn ammonia, it produces no carbon dioxide.
- But I'm surrounded with dust and ammonia.
- Then how to use aldehydes or ketones plus ammonia and reduction to give a chiral amine.
- But as that ammonia water mix then falls through the atmosphere where the pressure increases, it then starts to freeze and forms hail.
- We throw ammonia into the system and we create chloramines.
- And this right here is nitrifying bacteria, which breaks down things like ammonia.
- That smells to me a lot like, just like a human fart, but with more ammonia.
Examples
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Many household ammonia solutions are effective for removing tough stains and odors.
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And then they wash the ammonia off the fish.
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So ammonia is the first step to fertilizer.
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All commercial fertiliZers are made from ammonia, and the feedstock for ammonia is natural gas.
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Squids use ammonia for buoyancy.
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The strong smell of ammonia filled the air as the cleaner sprayed it on the countertops.
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Farmers often use ammonia in fertilizers to help promote plant growth.
Synonyms
A clear, strong-smelling liquid used for cleaning and in chemistry
A liquid made by mixing ammonia with water used for cleaning and lab work
Compounds
- Specialized
A clock that uses the vibration of nitrogen in an ammonia molecule to keep very exact time
How Basic
- Specialized
1
5.4
- Specialized
1
9.6
41
3.8
- Specialized
Surface Forms
Etymology
Ammonia comes from the old name sal ammoniac, which means 'salt of Ammon', a place and temple area in Egypt where a salty mineral was found. Because that salt gave a sharp smell when heated, people later used the same name for the strong-smelling gas we call ammonia today.