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" The Swedish Academy of Sciences has seen fit, by awarding the Nobel Prize, to honour the method of producing ammonia from nitrogen and hydrogen."
Fritz Haber

Meaning of "ammonia" in the English dictionary

DICTIONARY

ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD AMMONIA

From New Latin, from Latin (sal) ammōniacus (sal) ammoniac1.
Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.

PRONUNCIATION OF AMMONIA

əˈməʊnɪə


GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF AMMONIA

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Ammonia is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES AMMONIA MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Ammonia

Trihydrogen nitride Nitro-Sil Identifiers CAS number 7664-41-7 Y PubChem 222 Y ChemSpider 217 Y UNII 5138Q19F1X Y EC number 231-635-3 UN number 1005 KEGG D02916 Y MeSH Ammonia ChEBI CHEBI:16134 Y ChEMBL CHEMBL1160819 Y RTECS number BO0875000 Beilstein Reference 3587154 Gmelin Reference 79 3DMet B00004 Jmol-3D images Image 1 SMILES N InChI InChI=1S/H3N/h1H3 Y Key: QGZKDVFQNNGYKY-UHFFFAOYSA-N Y InChI=1/H3N/h1H3 Key: QGZKDVFQNNGYKY-UHFFFAOYAF Properties Molecular formula NH3 Molar mass 17.031 g/mol Appearance Colourless gas Odor strong pungent odor Density 0.86 kg/m3 (1.013 bar at boiling point) 0.73 kg/m3 (1.013 bar at 15 °C) 681.9 kg/m3 at −33.3 °C (liquid) 817 kg/m3 at −80 °C (transparent solid) Melting point −77.73 °C (−107.91 °F; 195.42 K) Boiling point −33.34 °C (−28.01 °F; 239.81 K) Solubility in water 47% (0 °C) 31% (25 °C) 28% (50 °C) Solubility soluble in chloroform, ether, ethanol, methanol Vapor pressure 8573 h Pa Acidity (pKa) 32.

Definition of ammonia in the English dictionary

The definition of ammonia in the dictionary is a colourless pungent highly soluble gas mainly used in the manufacture of fertilizers, nitric acid, and other nitrogenous compounds, and as a refrigerant and solvent. Formula: NH3. Other definition of ammonia is a solution of ammonia in water, containing the compound ammonium hydroxide.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH AMMONIA

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WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE AMMONIA

ammonate · ammonia clock · ammoniac · ammoniacal · ammoniacum · ammoniate · ammoniation · ammonic · ammonical · ammonification · ammonified · ammonifies · ammonify · ammonite · Ammonites · ammonitic · ammonium · ammonium carbamate · ammonium carbonate · ammonium chloride

WORDS THAT END LIKE AMMONIA

Babylonia · begonia · charmonia · clintonia · double pneumonia · dysphonia · dystonia · Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia · household ammonia · houstonia · Konia · miltonia · New Caledonia · Pannonia · pneumocystis carinii pneumonia · sinfonia · Snowdonia · spirits of ammonia · valonia · Washingtonia

Synonyms and antonyms of ammonia in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «ammonia» into 25 languages

TRANSLATOR

TRANSLATION OF AMMONIA

Find out the translation of ammonia to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of ammonia from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «ammonia» in English.
zh

Translator English - Chinese

1,325 millions of speakers
es

Translator English - Spanish

amoníaco
570 millions of speakers
en

English

ammonia
510 millions of speakers
hi

Translator English - Hindi

अमोनिया
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

الأمونيا
280 millions of speakers
ru

Translator English - Russian

аммиак
278 millions of speakers
pt

Translator English - Portuguese

amônia
270 millions of speakers
bn

Translator English - Bengali

হাইড্রোজেন ত্ত নাইট্রোজেন গ্যাসের মিলনে গ্যাসীয়
260 millions of speakers
fr

Translator English - French

ammoniaque
220 millions of speakers
ms

Translator English - Malay

Ammonia
190 millions of speakers
de

Translator English - German

Ammoniak
180 millions of speakers
ja

Translator English - Japanese

アンモニア
130 millions of speakers
ko

Translator English - Korean

> 암모니아
85 millions of speakers
jv

Translator English - Javanese

Amonia
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

amoniac
80 millions of speakers
ta

Translator English - Tamil

அம்மோனியா
75 millions of speakers
mr

Translator English - Marathi

अमोनिया
75 millions of speakers
tr

Translator English - Turkish

amonyak
70 millions of speakers
it

Translator English - Italian

ammoniaca
65 millions of speakers
pl

Translator English - Polish

amoniak
50 millions of speakers
uk

Translator English - Ukrainian

аміак
40 millions of speakers
ro

Translator English - Romanian

amoniac
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

αμμωνία
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

ammoniak
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

ammoniak
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

ammoniakk
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of ammonia

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «AMMONIA»

Principal search tendencies and common uses of ammonia
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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about ammonia

EXAMPLES

4 QUOTES WITH «AMMONIA»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word ammonia.
1
Fritz Haber
Gaseous nitrogen combines with gaseous hydrogen in simple quantitative proportions to produce gaseous ammonia.
2
Fritz Haber
The Swedish Academy of Sciences has seen fit, by awarding the Nobel Prize, to honour the method of producing ammonia from nitrogen and hydrogen.
3
Mark Helprin
When I was very young, I used to clean up after my parents. If I stay in a hotel, I make the bed and clean the room when I get up, even the bathroom mirror, for which I carry a tiny bottle of ammonia.
4
Jennifer Morrison
I get my highlights touched up with Susan Henry at Shades in Beverly Hills. She developed hypo-allergenic hair color products with no ammonia because she's allergic to others; she's an incredible colorist. She does balayage instead of the foils, and I'll go and she will do my entire head of highlights in an hour.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «AMMONIA»

Discover the use of ammonia in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to ammonia and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Catalytic Ammonia Synthesis: Fundamentals and Practice
The contributors to the present volume review the state of the art, the science, and the technology; they reveal existing lacunae, and suggest ways forward.
J.R. Jennings, 1991
2
Ammonia
Chemical engineers, engineers and chemists in industry, engineering companies, catalyst manufacturers, equipment makers and chemical engineering university departments will certainly profit from this comprehensive review based on the author ...
Max Appl, 1999
3
Ammonia: Catalysis and Manufacture
Ammonia is one of the 10 largest commodity chemicals produced. The editor, Anders Nielsen, is research director with one of the largest industrial catalyst producers.
Anders Nielsen, 2011
4
Ammonia: The Case of the Netherlands
This book aims to provide a full overview of all ammonia emission related aspects of animal husbandry in the Netherlands.
Dick A. J. Starmans, Klaas W. van der Hoek, 2007
5
Online Ammonia Analyzers for Water and Wastewater Treatment ...
Presents results of field test data conducted on online ammonia analyzers to evaluate the accuracy, reliability, and maintenance requirements of each analyzer for application in water and wastewater treatment.
Instrumentation Testing Association, 2001
6
Factors Affecting the Removal of Ammonia from Air on ...
Air pollution related to the release of industrial toxic gases, represents one of the main concerns of our modern world owing to its detrimental effect on the environment.
Camille Petit, 2012
7
Technology and manufacture of ammonia
Supplies all the information and data needed to choose an optimum system and design large-capacity facilities for ammonia synthesis.
Samuel Strelzoff, 1981
8
Toxicological Profile for Ammonia (Update)
Charts and tables. This is a print on demand edition of a hard to find publication.
Nickolette Roney, 2011
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A Feasibility Study of Implementing an Ammonia Economy
The results showed that the lowest cost ammonia source is coal with a production cost of 147-432 $/t, or a gasoline equivalent of 0.96-2.83 $/gal.
Jeffrey Ralph Bartels, 2008
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Synthetic Nitrogen Products: A Practical Guide to the ...
LARGE CAPACITY AMMONIA PLANTS In 2002 the design and construction of ammonia plants with capacities of 3,000 tonnes per day or more were underway. These large capacity plants will be at least 50% bigger than the largest plants that ...
Gary Maxwell, 2004

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «AMMONIA»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term ammonia is used in the context of the following news items.
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Ammonia-Free Beauty Spree
“They give an elite experience and use the brand Farmavita HD, an Italian company well known for being ammonia-free,” said Karthika, who ... «The New Indian Express, Jul 15»
2
Emergency services called to ammonia leak at Grimsby factory
Emergency services deal with an ammonia leak at the BHJ UK factory in Birchin Way, Grimsby. Picture by Matt Scrafton. VIEW GALLERY. «Grimsby Telegraph, Jul 15»
3
Showa Denko expands utilisation of used plastic to produce ammonia
As part of its basic chemicals business, Showa Denko produces ammonia at Kawasaki. SDK processes used plastic to obtain part of hydrogen ... «Business Standard, Jul 15»
4
Washington wildfire leads to ammonia leak
WASHINGTON — A wildfire in central Washington state has created a new threat — an ammonia leak — after embers caught a recycling plant ... «kfor.com, Jun 15»
5
Considering Ammonia Standards
CODE CONFORMITY: Jeffrey M. Shapiro, president, International Code Consultants, encouraged the ammonia refrigerant industry to support ... «ACHR NEWS, Jun 15»
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Temperatures, particle solids affect land-applied dairy manure …
We have been studying the factors affecting the emission of ammonia from dairy manure for the past eight years. The major factors affecting ... «Dairy Herd Management, Jun 15»
7
Large ammonia leak at meatworks
Fire crews have rushed to the scene of a large ammonia leak at a meatworks north of Hamilton. The AFFCO meatworks in Horotiu has been ... «3News NZ, Jun 15»
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Video: Firefighters train for ammonia emergencies
Firefighters from Aberdeen Fire and Rescue, Sioux Falls Fire Rescue and other fire departments in the region trained Thursday and Friday for ... «AberdeenNews.com, Jun 15»
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Tailored gut microbiota holds promise for lethal ammonia in liver …
Altering the bacterial make-up of the gut could help to reduce potentially lethal high circulating levels of ammonia in people with liver disease, ... «NutraIngredients.com, Jun 15»
10
Ammonia a million?
The mayor of Brighton is warning that fixing problems leading to high ammonia levels in the town's sewage treatment system could be very ... «Quinte News, Jun 15»
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