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Nitrogen chemicals are produced in conjunction with our fertilizer production activity. The main products within the group are:
Ammonia, produced by the direct combination of hydrogen and nitrogen in presence of a catalyst.
Nitric acid, produced from ammonia by oxidation over a platinum catalyst and absorption of formed nitrogen oxide in water. Concentrations of up to 68 percent can be produced by conventional distillations. Production of more concentrated nitric acid is possible by special techniques.
Urea, manufactured from ammonia and carbon dioxide. It is supplied as granules, prills or micro prills, and contains 46 percent nitrogen.
Nitrogen chemicals are primarily used as a raw material for other chemicals. Yara provides its nitrogen chemicals to the chemical, healthcare, animal feed, dairy, wood, pharmaceutical, steel, space and yeast industries.
Yara’s solutions are often customized to fit the requirements of the customer, and are implemented using our experts as consultative partners. New solutions will require testing and adaptation. For clients wishing to be at the forefront, Yara is a prime mover and associate for testing and adapting profitable technical applications. Yara can be relied upon to deliver the correctly adjusted supply.
We all rely heavily on chemical products in daily life. Detergents like soap and shampoos, pharmaceutical products, plant protection chemicals, packaging materials as well as colorants and dyes have all been produced from simple building blocks, and N-chemicals make up an important group of such raw materials.
Amines are an important organic intermediate in the healthcare industry. They are based on ammonia and used in the production of cosmetics and drugs.
Dairy raw materials and products need gentle, protective and temperature controlled processing to stay fresh, have a reasonable shelf life and still be food safe.
Production of urea-formaldehyde resins (UF-resins) is by far the most important industrial use of urea in Europe.
Nitrating acid, the most common reagent for production of nitrated organic molecules (fine chemicals), is a mixture of concentrated nitric acid and concentrated sulfuric acid.
One of ammonia’s applications is the cracking of ammonia for the production of hydrogen and nitrogen.
Dinitrogen tetroxide (DNTO) is an intermediate in nitric acid production. It is nitric acid without water, used as a starting material for new military explosives and as a propellant for rockets, such as Ariane IV and for satellite launchers.
The demand for bio-ethanol is increasing. Yeast is currently the only micro-organism used for converting sugar into ethanol.
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