{"id":83907,"date":"2026-01-23T15:34:10","date_gmt":"2026-01-23T10:04:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=83907"},"modified":"2026-01-23T15:56:22","modified_gmt":"2026-01-23T10:26:22","slug":"ammonia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/ammonia\/","title":{"rendered":"Ammonia"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><b>Ammonia Latest News<\/b><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Officials explained that ammonia spikes in the Yamuna are a chronic winter issue, generally occurring between 15 and 22 times a year.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>About Ammonia<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is a <\/span><b>colorless, pungent gas<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> composed of<\/span><b> nitrogen and hydrogen<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> with the formula <\/span><b>NH<\/b><b>3<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is the<\/span><b> simplest stable compound of these elements<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and serves as a starting material for the production of many commercially important nitrogen compounds.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It <\/span><b>exists naturally in humans and in the environment.\u00a0<\/b>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In the environment, ammonia is <\/span><b>part of the nitrogen cycle<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and is<\/span><b> produced in soil from bacterial processes.\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ammonia is also <\/span><b>produced naturally <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">from <\/span><b>decomposition of organic matter, <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">including plants and animals.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>Industrial production:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Manufactured mainly by the <\/span><b>Haber\u2013Bosch process<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (from nitrogen and hydrogen).<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ammonia gas can be <\/span><b>dissolved in water.<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> This kind of ammonia is called<\/span><b> liquid ammonia or aqueous ammonia. <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Once exposed to open air, liquid ammonia quickly turns into a gas.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>Uses<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">:<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The <\/span><b>major use<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> of ammonia is as a <\/span><b>fertilizer<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.\u00a0<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ammonia is a <\/span><b>basic building block for ammonium nitrate fertilizer<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, which releases nitrogen, an essential nutrient for growing plants.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">About <\/span><b>90 percent of ammonia<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> produced worldwide is <\/span><b>used in fertilizer.<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Additional uses include as a<\/span><b> refrigerant, stabilizer, neutralizer, and purifier <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u2014 particularly in food transport and water treatment applications.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It can also be <\/span><b>used in the manufacture of plastics, explosives, fabrics,<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> dyes, and <\/span><b>pharmaceuticals<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Exposure to <\/span><b>high levels of ammonia in air<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> may be <\/span><b>irritating to a person\u2019s skin, eyes, throat, and lungs<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and <\/span><b>cause coughing and burns.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">To prevent the release of toxic fumes, ammonia should not be mixed with other chemicals (especially chlorine bleach).<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Source: <\/b><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hindustantimes.com\/india-news\/taps-run-dry-as-ammonia-spike-canal-repair-cripple-water-plants-101769124267915.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">HT<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ammonia is a colorless, pungent gas composed of nitrogen and hydrogen with the formula NH3. 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