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#Nitrogenase

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Keiran Rowell

I may as well inaugurate my mastodon profile with my post on the crazy history behind #nitrogen N≡N — the wars fought ⛷️, poo mined 🐦 , and science pioneered 🔎 in the quest to sequester it from air to soil:

keiran-rowell.github.io/nitrog

#nitrogenfixation #nitrogenase #haber-bosch #guano

Keiran RowellNitrogen fixation: artificial lightning, bird poop, and how kudzu grew out of controlContent notice: this post discusses the history and chemistry that was occurring within the context of the invention of some of the worst chemical agents of World Wars I & II, but doesn’t go into detail. It also mentions a suicide, deaths in an industrial accident, bombing campaigns, and indefinite detention of migrants.
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