Although nitrogen is very abundant in the atmosphere as dinitrogen gas (N 2), it is largely inaccessible ... then decompose the tissue and release inorganic nitrogen back into the ecosystem ...

Nitrogen is obtained from the air. Air is 78 per cent nitrogen and nearly all the rest is oxygen. When hydrogen is burned in air, the oxygen combines with the hydrogen leaving nitrogen behind.

The Chemical Institute for Energy and the Environment (IQUEMA) has designed a new compound to remove nitrogen oxides, which ...