Sentences with phrase «nitrogen dioxide convert»

In rainwater, sulfur dioxide and nitrogen dioxide convert to sulfuric acid and nitric acid, which increase the acidity of rainwater.

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Some of the nitrogen the crops do not absorb is converted into nitrous oxide, a greenhouse gas 310 times more powerful than carbon dioxide.

This is nitrogen - rich graphene festooned with finely tuned copper nanoparticles selectively converts carbon dioxide to ethylene, a key commodity chemical.

By oxidation or reduction, i.e. the donation or acceptance of electrons, the catalysts convert combustion pollutants, such as carbon monoxide, nitrogen oxides and hydrocarbons, into carbon dioxide, water, and nitrogen.

There's also interest in using metal catalysts to convert carbon dioxide into fuels, make fertilizers from atmospheric nitrogen and drive reactions in fuel - cell cars.

Indeed, when the researchers exposed chloroplasts extracted from wheat cells to nitrate, they found that high carbon dioxide levels inhibited the amount of nitrogen that got inside the chloroplasts to be converted.

«A bioreactor containing anaerobic methane and ammonium oxidizing microorganisms can be used to simultaneously convert ammonium, methane and oxidized nitrogen in wastewater into harmless nitrogen gas and carbon dioxide, which has much lower global warming potential.»

The study finds that titanium dioxide coatings, seen as promising for their role in breaking down airborne pollutants on contact, are likely in real - world conditions to convert abundant ammonia to nitrogen oxide, the key precursor of harmful ozone pollution.

In automobiles, researchers have struggled to develop a system that seamlessly and easily converts pollutants like nitrogen oxides and carbon monoxide to less harmful nitrogen and carbon dioxide — without using a lot of energy.

The reasoning is that catalytic converters convert oxygen and oxygen - rich compounds (such as nitrogen oxide) with carbon and carbon - rich compounds (such as carbon monoxide) into carbon dioxide.

Usually contains platinum, palladium and / or rhodium, which acts as a catalyst in a chemical reaction that converts unburned hydrocarbons, carbon monoxide and oxides of nitrogen into water vapor, carbon dioxide and other gases that are less toxic than untreated exhaust fumes