{"id":83907,"date":"2026-06-22T11:34:10","date_gmt":"2026-06-22T06:04:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=83907"},"modified":"2026-06-22T14:24:19","modified_gmt":"2026-06-22T08:54:19","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><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Recently, an ammonia gas leak at a seafood processing and export unit in Tamil Nadu&#8217;s Tiruvallur district impacted many people.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>About Ammonia<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is a <\/span><b>colorless, pungent gas<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> composed of nitrogen and hydrogen with <\/span><b>the formula NH3.<\/b><\/li>\n<li><b>Properties:<\/b><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 liquid ammonia or aqueous ammonia. Once exposed to open air, liquid ammonia quickly turns into a gas.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It exists naturally in humans and in the environment.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In the environment, <\/span><b>ammonia is part of the <a href=\"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/upsc-exam\/nitrogen-cycle\/\" target=\"_blank\">nitrogen cycle<\/a><\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and is produced in soil from bacterial processes.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ammonia is also produced naturally from <\/span><b>decomposition of organic matter,<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> including plants and animals.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><b>Industrial production:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Manufactured <\/span><b>mainly by the Haber\u2013Bosch process<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (from nitrogen and hydrogen).<\/span><\/li>\n<li aria-level=\"1\"><b>Uses<\/b>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The major use of <\/span><b>ammonia is as a fertilizer.<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ammonia is a basic building block for <\/span><b>ammonium nitrate fertilizer,<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> which releases nitrogen, an essential nutrient for growing plants.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><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><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It can also be used in the <\/span><b>manufacture of plastics, explosives, fabrics, dyes, and pharmaceuticals.<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Impact on Health:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Exposure to high levels of ammonia in air may be irritating to a person\u2019s skin, eyes, throat, and lungs and cause coughing and burns.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Source:<\/b> <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehindu.com\/news\/national\/tamil-nadu\/tamil-nadu-gas-leak-live-updates-trivallur-seafood-export-unit-tn\/article71129101.ece\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">TH<\/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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