How a century of ammonia synthesis changed the world
2008/09/28 by Jan Willem Erisman, Mark A. Sutton, James N. Galloway +3 · 1 voice · 4,613 citations
Chemistry · Environmental Science · Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics · #Ammonia #Ammonia production #Chemical Analysis and Environmental Impact #Chemical Reactions and Isotopes #Chemistry #History #Isotope Analysis in Ecology #Organic chemistry
paper · doi:10.1038/ngeo325
published in Nature Geoscience 1(10), 636-639 (Nature Portfolio)
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