| nitrous oxide |
A liquid that turns to a gas when injected into an engine, tremendously increasing the power output by cooloing the intake charge temperature and by considerably increasing cylinder pressure by carrying oxygen into the cylinder.
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| nitrification |
The process whereby ammonia in wastewater is oxidized to nitrite and then to nitrate by bacterial or chemical reactions.
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| nitrogen fixation |
The biological or chemical process by which elemental nitrogen, from the air, is converted to organic or available nitrogen.
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| nitrogenous |
A term used to describe chemical compounds (usually organic) containing nitrogen in combined forms. Proteins and nitrates are nitrogenous compounds.
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| nitrate |
Plant nutrient and inorganic fertilizer that enters water supply sources from septic systems, animal feed lots, agricultural fertilizers, manure, industrial waste waters, sanitary landfills and garbage dumps.
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