nitrification

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A chemical process in which a nitro group is added to an organic compound, or the biological oxidation of ammonium compounds in dead organic material into nitrates and nitrites by soil bacteria, making nitrogen available to plants.

• 🇩🇪Chemischer Prozess, bei dem eine Nitrogruppe an eine organische Verbindung gebunden wird, oder biologische Oxidation von Ammoniumverbindungen in abgestorbenem organischem Material zu Nitraten und Nitriten durch Bodenbakterien, wodurch Stickstoff für Pflanzen verfügbar wird.

1. Chemical process C2 formal scientific

   The chemical process in which a nitro group is added to an organic compound or replaces another group in an organic compound.

   • Nitrification is a key step in the synthesis of many pharmaceuticals.
   • The chemist studied the nitrification of aromatic hydrocarbons.
   • Industrial nitrification processes require careful temperature control.

   🇩🇪Nitrierung

2. Biological process in soil C2 formal scientific

   The oxidation of ammonium compounds in dead organic material into nitrates and nitrites by soil bacteria, making nitrogen available to plants.

   • Nitrification is essential for the nitrogen cycle in ecosystems.
   • Soil bacteria carry out nitrification, converting ammonia into nitrates.
   • Farmers rely on nitrification to enrich the soil with usable nitrogen.

   🇩🇪Biologischer Prozess im Boden

• nitrifications plural form
• nitrifications' possessive plural form
• nitrification's possessive singular form