Ammonia Overview Ammonia (uh-MOH-nyah) is a colorless gas with a strong, suffocating odor. It was present in the primordial (original) atmosphere of the Earth. Scientists believe that it may have been the source of nitrogen for the earliest forms of...

Ammonia (NH3) is one of the most familiar compounds of nitrogen and hydrogen as well as one of the world's most valuable industrial and agricultural chemicals. Under ordinary conditions, ammonia is a colorless gas that is lighter than air. It has a...

Ammonia is a compound composed solely from the elements hydrogen and nitrogen. At normal room temperatures and pressures ammonia exists as a colorless gas that is lighter than air and has a characteristic pungent odor. Each single ammonia molecule...

Ammonia (NH3) is one of the most familiar compounds of nitrogen and hydrogen as well as one of the world's most valuable industrial and agricultural chemicals. Under ordinary conditions, ammonia is a colorless gas with a sharp odor that stings the...

Ammonia is a compound with the formula NH3. It is normally encountered as a gas with a characteristic pungent odor. Ammonia contributes significantly to the nutritional needs of the planet as a precursor to foodstuffs and fertilizers. Ammonia, either...

In these days of low product prices and capacity overhang, it is not surprising that producers of ammonia and methanol are casting about for alternative uses for their products. In the United States, methanol producers who will be hit hard by California's (and...

Relatively small volumes of ammonia are traded compared to the amount produced, and high transport and storage costs make for a series of regional markets rather than a unified global market such as exists for urea. Nitrogen & Methanol presents an update on...

An ammonia leak that began when a 16-year-old boy drilled a hole into a pipeline because he heard money was hidden there forced three schools to close Tuesday and led authorities to order evacuations for nearby homes.The teen was severely burned when he drilled into...

Thieves suspected of stealing liquid fertilizer to make methamphetamine left open a storage tank valve that released a dangerous plume of ammonia gas and caused an apartment complex to evacuate, police said Monday.A man driving to work spotted the white plume of gas hugging the...