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Nodule Formation and Function

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Plant Nitrogen

Abstract

Nitrogen (N2) is a very unreactive molecule. The reason for its chemical stability lies in the electronic structure of the molecule, but nitrogen is not totally inert. The industrial reduction of nitrogen to ammonia (principally by the Haber-Bosch process) is very important commercially.

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