United States production of ammonia reached 17 million tons in 1991, and demand
was even larger than U.S. production, leading to about two million tons of
imports. World ammonia production is about 100 million tons per year, which
amounts to about 40 pounds (18 kg) for each person on Earth.
What conditions explain why the US, (one country, large but not the largest) is using almost 20% of the world's industrial prodution of ammonia? Is this justified?
These
molecules continually undergo a type of motion called inversion, in
which
the nitrogen atom passes through the plane of the
three hydrogen atoms like an
umbrella
turning inside out in the wind