Recent news on Nitrogen

Nitrogen inflation key to saving gas  -  25 May 2007
News 14 Carolina,Filling a tire with nitrogen instead of air will result in a tire losing less pressure over time, thus adding miles to a tank of gas.

Byproducts III: Rhodium  -  25 May 2007
Resource Investor,It was soon decided that the exhaust gases needed also to be cleansed of nitrogen oxides produced in the combustion process from the ordinary constituents

Will sawdust harm my lawn?  -  25 May 2007
Dallas Morning News (subscription),The sawdust doesn't need to be removed, but add nitrogen to counter the carbon in sawdust. Corn gluten meal or liquid seaweed would work well.

EPA Urged to Clean Up Toxic Pollution from Diesel Ships and Trains  -  25 May 2007
The Open Press (press release)The purpose of the new controls aims to reduce particulate pollution and smog-forming nitrogen oxides (NOx) from each engine by 80-95 percent.

Vehicles impact Lake Tahoe clarity  -  25 May 2007
Tahoe Daily Tribune,The study said that when nitrogen, phosphorus and fine soil are deposited into Lake Tahoe through atmospheric deposition, it may result in Tahoe's

Trucking out the muck from Lake O  -  25 May 2007
Naples Daily News,Phosphorus, nitrogen and other harmful minerals form the base of the thick chocolate muck that cakes the bottom of the lake.

Greening Up For Summer  -  25 May 2007
KFYR-TV,..."Generally grass is a nitrogen user so you look for a high nitrogen-using fertilizer," explains ElRoy Haadem, Burleigh County Extension Agent.

Airgas acquires aqua ammonia operations  -  25 May 2007
Gasworld.com (subscription),Airgas, Inc., has announced it has acquired the aqua ammonia operations of Continental Nitrogen & Resources (CNR) in Rosemount, MN, which had more than $2m

At the Lake: Controversial Shorezone  -  25 May 2007
The Record-Courier,The study said that when nitrogen, phosphorus and fine soil are deposited into Lake Tahoe through atmospheric deposition, it may result in Tahoe’s

Fontarome Chemical Installs Larger Nitrogen Tank to Meet Growing ...  -  May 24, 2007
PR-Inside.com (Pressemitteilung),...a 6000-gallon cryogenic liquid nitrogen storage and distribution system to meet the growing demand for its products. Fontarôme uses gas and liquid forms of

Students learn a few things to do with liquid nitrogen  -  May 22, 2007
Providence Journal (subscription),Donald Lurgio’s chemistry classes — a mix of sophomores, juniors and seniors at East Providence High School — witnessed several liquid nitrogen

Is Your Nitrogen Still in the Field?  -  May 22, 2007
Wallace's Farmer,A number of farmers were able to get their nitrogen applied for this year's corn crop, and now they are wondering with all the rain this spring,

Nitrogen fills could save tyre wear  -  May 22, 2007
New Car Net,However, nitrogen is a colourless, odourless, tasteless and non toxic gas that forms about 78% of the earth's atmosphere. It delivers important benefits

Continental Nitrogen & Resources sells part of business  -  May 22, 2007
Washington Business Journal,...based Airgas Inc. (NYSE: ARG) bought the aqua ammonia operations of Rosemount-based Continental Nitrogen & Resources (CNR). The business will be integrated

Detergent Gives Clues to Hood Canal Pollution  -  May 24, 2007
Kitsap Sun (Subscription),The fluorescent dyes are said to make clothes bolder and brighter, but researchers say they also indicate the presence of nitrogen from septic systems.

More tyre dealers now offering nitrogen to inflate tyres  -  May 22, 2007
AutoCorse.it,Nitrogen, due to its chemical structure – its molecules are larger than oxygen – means that it is much slower to leak out of a tyre, therefore,

Continental Nitrogen & Resources sells part of business  -  May 22, 2007
Bizjournals.com,...based Airgas Inc. (NYSE: ARG) bought the aqua ammonia operations of Rosemount-based Continental Nitrogen & Resources (CNR). The business will be integrated

Nitrogen fertilizer situation and outlook  -  May 21, 2007
Delta Farm Press,Of utmost concern to many producers in Arkansas and the rest of the US is the dramatic rise in nitrogen fertilizer prices, particularly urea.

Agrium-led partnership building nitrogen plant in Egypt  -  May 22, 2007
Canoe.ca,CALGARY (CP) - Fertilizer supplier Agrium Inc. (TSX:AGU) is expanding its American retail operations with a US$60-million purchase of 32 stores in Kansas

Grant Targets IVF Clinics With World’s First Liquid Nitrogen  -  May 21, 2007
Laboratory Network,The Grant Asymptote EF600 uses an electronically powered Stirling Cycle Cryocooler as its cooling source and is the world’s first liquid nitrogen and

Yara offers to buy fertilizer group Kemira GrowHow for euro671.8 ...  -  May 24, 2007
Malaysia Star,It claims to be the world's largest supplier of mineral-based fertilizers, specializing in nitrogen-based products. Kemira GrowHow, with about 2500 staff,

Pollution suit targets Cargill, Pilgrim's Pride  -  May 24, 2007
Staunton News Leader,Records from the DEQ indicate that in 2005, Shaeffer exceeded legal limits for the discharge of phosphorus and nitrogen by 740 percent and 35 percent,

More needs to be done to reduce nitrogen flow into Chesapeake  -  May 19, 2007
Patriot-News,To put this in a regional context, nitrogen is the most serious pollu tion problem con fronting Chesa peake Bay. Large amounts of nitro gen spark algae

Check your Bottled Water for Nitrate and Nitrite Nitrogen  -  May 18, 2007
HULIQ,In this issue of Water Wisdom, we’ll discuss two major sources of drinking water contamination – nitrate and nitrite nitrogen. Because these are both forms

Council approves rezoning for hospital  -  May 23, 2007
Clayton News Star,At the end of the meeting, Biggs announced that the town had finalized a deal with Kinston to purchase 16045 pounds of nitrogen allotment, which will help

Despatch Industries Sells Custom Nitrogen Ovens to Semiconductor ...  -  May 18, 2007
Emediawire (press release),Despatch Industries, a world leader in thermal processing and environmental simulation, announced today the immediate sale of multiple custom nitrogen

Zambian Fertilizer Trees Improve Soil, Maize Production  -  May 22, 2007
Voice of AmericaFertilizer trees are varieties of shrubs that capture nitrogen from the air and transfer it to the soil, a process known as nitrogen-fixing.

City approves $2 million for sludge demo  -  May 22, 2007
Yes! Weekly,The Greensboro City Council approved nearly $2 million on May 15 to test a nitrogen reduction system at TZ Osborne Wastewater Plant in anticipation of state

Tick, tick, BOOM! That's how a volcano works  -  May 23, 2007
Quad-Cities Online,Take one 55-gallon drum of water, one two-liter soda bottle full of liquid nitrogen, put them together and you get -- BOOM! Literally.

Battle over Mass. plant could hold key to health of Blackstone, Bay  -  May 21, 2007
Providence Journal (subscription),Considered organic nutrients, nitrogen and phosphorus are essentially fertilizers, good for waters in moderate doses. But in large quantities,

Terra Nitrogen Co. LP Is Accelerating To The Upside  -  May 17, 2007
Trading Markets,...(RTTNews) - Terra Nitrogen Co. LP (TNH | charts | news | PowerRating) broke down in the beginning of the week and has been attempting a comeback.

Terra Nitrogen Company, LP Reports First Quarter Results; Declares ...  -  26 Apr 2007
Business Wire (press release),TNCLP’s 2007 first quarter ammonia and nitrogen solutions sales volumes were 35 and 34 percent higher, respectively, than those of the 2006 first quarter.

Codiac RCMP to try nitrogen-filled car tires  -  26 Apr 2007
CBC New Brunswick,RCMP in the Moncton area are filling their car tires with nitrogen in an experiment designed to reduce gas consumption. Chantal Farrah, spokeswoman for the

The Missing Elements (or: elements of success)  -  26 Apr 2007
YourHub.com,Question from DN: We just tested our soil before planting and it looks like the soil is missing quite a bit Nitrogen and Phosphorus?

Global Ethanol Boom Benefits Natural Gas Investors  -  26 Apr 2007
StockInterview.com,It takes about 33000 cubic feet of natural gas to produce one ton of nitrogen fertilizer. About 96 percent of the corn planted in the United States depends

Arcadia Biosciences And SESVanderHave Seeds Enter Research and ...  -  26 Apr 2007
American Digital Networks (press release),Under the agreement SESVanderHave receives an exclusive global license to develop and commercialize sugar beets using Arcadia's proprietary Nitrogen Use

Central Valley biotech company plants seed deal  -  26 Apr 2007
Central Valley Business Times,Arcadia Biosciences Inc., a Davis-based plant biotechnology company, says it has licensed its low-nitrogen technology used for sugar beets to Belgium-based

Terra Industries Inc. Reports First Quarter Results  -  26 Apr 2007
Business Wire (press release),The higher nitrogen products sales volumes were caused by a marked improvement in demand from the 2006 to the 2007 period. First quarter 2006 demand was

Selecting filler metal for flue pipe  -  26 Apr 2007
Welding,The engineer from the plant for which we are doing the welding is telling us to use plant nitrogen to purge the pipe. I disagreed with this practice,

Rising corn prices fuel planting--and concern FARMING >> Ethanol ...  -  26 Apr 2007
Fredericksburg.com,Corn farmers are also expected to apply thousands more tons of fertilizer containing nitrogen and phosphorous, major pollutants of the Chesapeake Bay and

Airgas building plant in Indiana  -  26 Apr 2007
Philadelphia Business Journal,The air separation plant will be built in Carlisle, Ind., and will be able to liquefy 350 tons per day of nitrogen, oxygen and argon, the company said.

STRATEGY ANALYTICS: Diesel Car Sales--New Opportunities  -  26 Apr 2007
TMC Net,Currently five states, led by California, prevent the widespread sale of diesel cars by targeting the outflow of nitrogen oxide (NOx) and requiring similar

STRATEGY ANALYTICS: Diesel Car Sales--New Opportunities  -  26 Apr 2007
Business Wire (press release),Currently five states, led by California, prevent the widespread sale of diesel cars by targeting the outflow of nitrogen oxide (NOx) and requiring similar

LT. GOVERNOR FISHER ANNOUNCES $2 MILLION IN COMMERCIALIZATION ...  -  26 Apr 2007
ODOD (press release),New emissions standards for oxides of nitrogen are scheduled to take effect in 2010 in the US The applicant is working with Ricardo to design and build an

Potash Corp. 1Q Earnings Surge  -  26 Apr 2007
Forbes,Sales of potash and nitrogen rose 69 percent and 26 percent, respectively. Phosphate sales were up 17 percent year over year.

Potash Corp. 1Q Earnings Surge  -  26 Apr 2007
Houston Chronicle,Sales of potash and nitrogen rose 69 percent and 26 percent, respectively. Phosphate sales were up 17 percent year over year.

Food tests promise tough task for FDA  -  26 Apr 2007
USA TodayFrom early on in the investigation, the FDA has said the melamine, a chemical high in nitrogen, might have been added to the grain products to make them

BTU International Awarded a Prestigious Innovation Award for ...  -  26 Apr 2007
PCB007 (press release),Cost savings are realized by reducing nitrogen consumption, and by a patented Flux Management System, Closed Loop Heating and Cooling Controls.

BTU awarded an Innovation Award for Pyramax 98N  -  26 Apr 2007
EMSNow (press release),Cost savings are realized by reducing nitrogen consumption, and by a patented Flux Management System, Closed Loop Heating and Cooling Controls.

Gretchen Voyle: Mystery of plant is solved  -  26 Apr 2007
Livingston Daily,All nitrogen — and nothing else — will severely restrict plant growth. If you want to get optimum plant growth, get a soil test. This is science checking

Fun physics through demonstration  -  26 Apr 2007
Michigan Technological University Online Lode,Perhaps the most attention-getting was the thermal games they played with inflated balloons and liquid nitrogen: taking balloons approximately nine inches

Dutch farmland most 'over-fertilised'  -  26 Apr 2007
DutchNews.nl,While nutrients such as nitrogen and phosphorous are important for crop growing, in excessive amounts they can lead to a significant decrease in soil and

BASF Presents First-Quarter Results at 55th Annual Meeting  -  26 Apr 2007
American Digital Networks (press release),This considerably impedes the conversion of nitrogen oxides to nitrogen. But here too, the experts at BASF Catalysts are busy developing technical

How much nitrogen is too much for corn?  -  Apr 25, 2007
innovations report,North Carolina State researchers recently discovered a test that quickly predicts nitrogen levels in the humid soil conditions of the southeastern United

Beware delaying nitrogen to stressed osr  -  Apr 24, 2007
FarmersWeekly,Delaying nitrogen applications by two to three weeks when oilseed rape crops are stressed could result in a yield penalty, according to The Arable Group.

How much nitrogen is too much for corn?  -  Apr 23, 2007
PhysOrg.com,North Carolina State researchers recently discovered a test that quickly predicts nitrogen levels in the humid soil conditions of the southeastern United

How much nitrogen is too much for corn?  -  Apr 23, 2007
EurekAlert (press release),MADISON, WI, APRIL 23, 2007 -- North Carolina State researchers recently discovered a test that quickly predicts nitrogen levels in the humid soil

No matter how one looks at it, Bay's health fails to make the grade  -  Apr 25, 2007
The Chesapeake Bay Journal,More worrisome: Nitrogen and phosphorus, two nutrients that have been the focus of pollution control efforts since 1987, don’t exhibit any strong long-term

Wedge in the water  -  Apr 25, 2007
Winnipeg Free Press,Nutrients such as phosphorus and nitrogen, but in particular phosphorus, are finding their way into the lake at dangerously high levels, causing the growth

Town Meeting Asked To Fund Wastewater Management Study  -  Apr 25, 2007
Cape Cod Chronicle,The recent Massachusetts Estuaries Program study conducted in Pleasant Bay is recommending a 50 percent reduction in nitrogen, in some pockets of the bay

Panel backs Clean Water Fund  -  Apr 25, 2007
Danbury News Times,It's also halved the nitrogen flowing into the Sound. Nitrogen creates the "dead zone" of oxygen-poor water in the Sound's western end every summer.

Nitrogen thieves at risk of explosion  -  Apr 23, 2007
Cambridge Evening News,The nitrogen is used by laboratories to cool and thaw samples and it is believed 80 litres was left. The chemical is volatile and if mishandled could

DNREC to hold hearing Thursday on Inland Bays pollution  -  Apr 25, 2007
Bethany Beach Wave,The strategy for meeting water standards would limit the amount of nitrogen and phosphorous entering the Inland Bays Watershed. The newly revised strategy

Report: Legal limits needed for nitrogen levels in Barnegat Bay  -  Apr 21, 2007
Asbury Park Press,Establishing legal limits for nitrogen-based nutrient levels in Barnegat Bay and its tributary streams is an imperative first step if there's to be any hope

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