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eppur_se_muova

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21. Yes, yes ... with magnesium, with lithium. Not with anything found in a pool at room temp.

Reply to formercia (Reply #20)

Sun Jun 23, 2013, 02:44 PM

Jun 2013

Actually, lots of reactive metals react with nitrogen, but they are all a bit "exotic" and usually produced only by electrolysis. Not a practical approach to N2 fixation.

Thermodynamically, the reaction of N2 and O2 is exothermic, but the barrier of activation is absurdly high. IC engines produce traces of NOx this way, but only traces.

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Yes, yes ... with magnesium, with lithium. Not with anything found in a pool at room temp. eppur_se_muova Jun 2013 #21

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