The Chemistry talk

Is ammoniacal nitrogen playing an important role on earth? Ammonia is a form of nitrogen. Learn about the luminosity of this remarkable compound and its far-reaching effects.                         Thanks to pixabay.com What is Ammoniacal Nitrogen? The nitrogen contained in ammonia and ammonium ion is referred to as ammoniacal nitrogen. Ammonia is a colorless gas with a distinctive pungent odor, and its ion, ammonium, is at the center of numerous environmental and biological processes. Properties of Ammoniacal Nitrogen: A Symphony of Chemistry Solubility: Soluble in water, ammonia reacts with water molecules to form ammonium hydroxide (NH4OH). which is a dynamic equilibrium solution. But this delicate kinetic equilibrium solution is affected by acidic pH, which reacts with hydrogen to form ammonium ions and favors the formation of ammonia gas under basic conditions. Oxidation state: Ammonia has an oxidation state of nitrogen...

Have you thought about our life supportive drink? A water! It is getting clean, safe and flowing freely from our taps, How?  However, behind it all has been a centuries long silent war against deadly microbes and other harmful organisms that exist in our water supply. Chlorine works as the captain in this fight. However, there is another soldier with a rich history that deserves some credit: bromine. Before chlorine got to the middle of a stage for water purifier. Bromine had a role as a water disinfectant.Bromine deserves a credit. Bromine was discovered by Two chemists, Carl Löwig and Antoine Balard, simultaneously but independently in the 1820s. Bromine's germ-killing potential wasn't seriously explored for water treatment until the early 1900s. Researchers saw its promise in eliminating harmful microbes. This is when bromine truly shined and used widely. The development of hypobromite solutions, especially sodium hypobromite (NaBrO), was a game-changer. Unlike the tempe...