Reactive nitrogen

<h2 id="reactive-nitrogen-compounds">Reactive nitrogen compounds</h2>
<p>In the environmental context, reactive nitrogen compounds include the following classes:
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<ul><li>oxide gases: <a href="/facts/Nitric_oxide/UvhdvDzp">nitric oxide</a>, <a href="/facts/Nitrogen_dioxide/FoLvApPI">nitrogen dioxide</a>, <a href="/facts/Nitrous_oxide/Jvys91lI">nitrous oxide</a>.  Containing oxidized nitrogen, mainly the result of industrial processes and <a href="/facts/Internal_combustion_engine/Ju4BXzj0">internal combustion engines</a>.</li>
<li>anions: <a href="/facts/Nitrate/5AnVlYnL">nitrate</a>, <a href="/facts/Nitrite/qkz2XScK">nitrite</a>.  Nitrate is a common component of fertilizers, e.g. <a href="/facts/Ammonium_nitrate/aSc96wBX">ammonium nitrate</a>.</li>
<li>amine derivatives: <a href="/facts/Ammonia/MtLtJFtz">ammonia</a> and <a href="/facts/Ammonium/jYm8wc1n">ammonium</a> salts, <a href="/facts/Urea/6j84AoCG">urea</a>.  Containing reduced nitrogen, these compounds are components of fertilizers.</li></ul>
<p>All of these compounds enter into the <a href="/facts/Nitrogen_cycle/0X1z74dN">nitrogen cycle</a>.
</p><p>As a consequence, an excess of Nr can affect the environment relatively quickly. This also means that nitrogen-related problems need to be looked at in an integrated manner.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:4" href="#fn:4"><sup>4</sup></a>
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<h2 id="see-also">See also</h2>
<ul><li><a href="/facts/Human_impact_on_the_nitrogen_cycle/m06KRUlj">Human impact on the nitrogen cycle</a></li></ul>

Citations
 
General references

<ul><li>Hatfield, Jerry L; Follett, Ronald F (2008-07-16). <a href="https://books.google.com/books?id=t_yLQfgTrI4C&pg=PA444"><i>Nitrogen in the environment: sources, problems, and management</i></a>. Vol. 1. Elsevier. pp. 920–6. <a href="/facts/Doi_(identifier)/muM9Etpq">doi</a>:<a href="https://doi.org/10.1100%2Ftsw.2001.269">10.1100/tsw.2001.269</a>. <a href="/facts/ISBN_(identifier)/15AdSPa9">ISBN</a> 978-0-12-374347-3. <a href="/facts/PMC_(identifier)/dX1zMt71">PMC</a> <a href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6084157">6084157</a>. <a href="/facts/PMID_(identifier)/JlHAvMHt">PMID</a> <a href="https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/12805892">12805892</a>. {{cite book}}: |journal= ignored (help)</li>
<li>Braun, Elizabeth; Division Of Technology, United Nations Environment Programme; Industry; Economics; Hole, Woods Hole Research Center (Woods; ), Mass; Initiative, International Nitrogen (2007). <a href="https://books.google.com/books?id=MfaZPURYelgC"><i>Reactive nitrogen in the environment: too much or too little of a good thing</i></a>. UNEP/Earthprint. <a href="/facts/ISBN_(identifier)/15AdSPa9">ISBN</a> 978-92-807-2783-8.</li></ul>

<h2 id="references">References</h2>

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<li id="fn:1"><p>Winiwarter, Wilfried; Erisman, Jan Willem; Galloway, James N.; Klimont, Zbigniew; Sutton, Mark A. (25 July 2013). "Estimating environmentally relevant fixed nitrogen demand in the 21st century" (PDF). Climatic Change. 120 (4): 889–901. Bibcode:2013ClCh..120..889W. doi:10.1007/s10584-013-0834-0. eISSN 1573-1480. ISSN 0165-0009. S2CID 51862713. <a href="http://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/504611/1/N504611PP.pdf" target="_blank">http://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/504611/1/N504611PP.pdf</a> <a href="#fnref:1" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li>
<li id="fn:2"><p>Galloway, James N.; Leach, Allison M.; Bleeker, Albert; Erisman, Jan Willem (5 July 2013). "A chronology of human understanding of the nitrogen cycle". Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences. 368 (1621): 20130120. doi:10.1098/rstb.2013.0120. eISSN 1471-2970. ISSN 0962-8436. PMC 3682740. PMID 23713118. <a href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3682740" target="_blank">https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3682740</a> <a href="#fnref:2" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li>
<li id="fn:3"><p>Fowler, David; Coyle, Mhairi; Skiba, Ute; Sutton, Mark A.; Cape, J. Neil; Reis, Stefan; Sheppard, Lucy J.; Jenkins, Alan; Grizzetti, Bruna; Galloway, James N.; Vitousek, Peter; Leach, Allison; Bouwman, Alexander F.; Butterbach-Bahl, Klaus; Dentener, Frank; Stevenson, David; Amann, Marcus; Voss, Maren (5 July 2013). "The global nitrogen cycle in the twenty-first century". Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences. 368 (1621): 20130164. doi:10.1098/rstb.2013.0164. eISSN 1471-2970. ISSN 0962-8436. PMC 3682748. PMID 23713126. <a href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3682748" target="_blank">https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3682748</a> <a href="#fnref:3" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li>
<li id="fn:4"><p>http://international.vrom.nl/pagina.html?id=37594 [dead link] <a href="http://international.vrom.nl/pagina.html?id=37594" target="_blank">http://international.vrom.nl/pagina.html?id=37594</a> <a href="#fnref:4" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li>
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