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Sumimura, K., Ushijima, H., Hayakawa, K., and Ishiguro, Y. 2004. Removal of nitrate nitrogen from vegetable juice by concentration followed by electrodialysis. Eur. Pat. Appl., EP no. 1,466,534, October, 13th, 2004. 

Fig.6.3. Immobilization and release of nitrogen, and rate of carbon dioxide formation, in a soil receiving wheat straw and nitrate nitrogen. (From Allison and Klein, 1962.)...

FIGURE 8.57 Schematic showing the flux of nitrate nitrogen from aerobic soil layer to anaerobic soil layer and overlying water column, and denitrification of nitrate in anaerobic soil layer. 

Potassium nitrate, essential in the manufacture of black gun powder, was produced by the Chinese, who had developed gun powder by the tenth century AD. The process involved the leaching of soil in which nitrogen from urine had combined with mineral potassium. By the early 1800s, potassium nitrate had become a strategic military chemical and was stiU produced, primarily in India, by using the ancient Chinese method. The caUche deposits in Chile are the only natural source of potassium nitrate (2). These deposits are not a rich source of potassium nitrate, purifying only to about 14% as K O. 

Many plants outside of North America pfill or granulate a mixture of ammonium nitrate and calcium carbonate. Production of this mixture, often called calcium ammonium nitrate, essentially removes any explosion hazard. In many cases calcium nitrate recovered from acidulation of phosphate rock (see Phosphoric acid and the phosphates) is reacted with ammonia and carbon dioxide to give a calcium carbonate—ammonium nitrate mixture containing 21 to 26% nitrogen (23). 

A new concept is to use an on/oFf air supply cycle. During aeration, nitrates are produced. When the air is shut off, nitrates are reduced to nitrogen gas. This prevents acid buildup and removes nitrogen from the sludge. High power cost for aerobic digestion restricts the applica-bihty of this process. 

How much does Nitrogen Fertilizer Contribute to Nitrate Leaching when Winter Wheat is Growiii We saw earlier that direct nitrate losses from nitrogen fertilizer given to winter wheat are often relatively small. We saw too that... 

Figure 7 The estimated eontribution of nitrate from ploughed-up old grassland to eoneentrations of nitrate-nitrogen leaving soils in England and Wales in 1945. The EC limit is 11.3gm of nitrate-nitrogen. (Taken from Whitmore et...

Table 3 Effects of ploughing out of old permanent grassland at various dates. Estimated contribution in 1995 to nitrate-nitrogen in soil and, if leached, to the nitrate concentration in drainage from the soil (assumed to be 250 mm per year)...

Animals, including humans, cannot synthesise all the different amino adds they need and thus require them in their diet. These amino adds are called the essential amino acids. Proteins in food are hydrolysed in the digestive tract and the resulting amino acids are reassembled into proteins within the animal s cells. All animals are ultimately dependent on plants for protein, as it is plants that create protein by combining inorganic nitrogen from the soil (as nitrate) with organic molecules derived from carbon from the atmosphere (as CO2). 

Growing plants require a variety of chemical elements. Nitrogen, phosphorus, and potassium are required in the greatest amounts, but plants also need trace amounts of calcium, copper, iron, zinc, and other elements. By far the most substantial need is for nitrogen. The Earth s atmosphere is 80% molecular nitrogen, but plants cannot use N2. Instead, most plants absorb nitrogen from the soil in the form of nitrate ions. 

Nutrient concentration has a marked seasonal variation in the middle Ebro. Nutrient loads transported by the river are relevant during the high flow season (December-April), while nitrate inputs from agriculture can also be relevant. In this period, crop fertilization is carried out, precipitation is higher, and plant nitrogen uptake is lower [37], Although nutrient loads are high, dilution causes NO3 and... 

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