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denitrification

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de·ni·tri·fy  (d-ntr-f)
tr.v. de·ni·tri·fied, de·ni·tri·fy·ing, de·ni·tri·fies
1. To remove nitrogen or nitrogen groups from (a compound).
2. To reduce (nitrates or nitrites) to nitrogen-containing gases, as by bacterial action on soil.

de·nitri·fi·cation (-f-kshn) n.
Translations
denitrification
nEntstickung f


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In humid areas, such as the eastern Corn Belt, N not used by a crop may be lost to leaching or denitrification.
Nitrogen fertilizer use was also expected to increase to improve grass yields, but that nitrogen leaching, denitrification and ammonia emissions could become problematic by 2050.
Under reducing conditions, nitrate can be biologically transformed to nitrogen gas through denitrification.
 
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