Tropicals & Tender Perennials: i have the plague, 1 by scooterbug

scooterbug wrote:
The liquid nitrogen that we apply to our corn fields is ammonia =)
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..............The majority of all ammonia and ammonium nitrate producted is for use as fertilizer. Approximately 70% of all NH3 produced is directly used for fertilizer. Farmers inject the pressurized liquid ammonia into the soil. Ammonia is so soluble in water and has such a high affinity for polar groups such as hydroxyl groups that the ammonia is almost instantly taken up by the soil and very little is lost to the atmosphere.

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This message was edited Jan 28, 2004 8:43 PM