Nitrogen fixation is a difficult process because nitrogen exists in the atmosphere primarily as its oxides which are very unreactive O of the high polarity of nitrogen molecules preventing them from dissolving in biological fluids, such as those inside cells I O there is so little nitrogen in the atmosphere of the extreme toxicity of nitrogen O nitrogen is very unreactive, largely due to its triple bond
Nitrogen fixation is a difficult process because nitrogen exists in the atmosphere primarily as its oxides which are very unreactive O of the high polarity of nitrogen molecules preventing them from dissolving in biological fluids, such as those inside cells I O there is so little nitrogen in the atmosphere of the extreme toxicity of nitrogen O nitrogen is very unreactive, largely due to its triple bond
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Nitrogen fixation is a difficult process because
nitrogen exists in the atmosphere primarily as its oxides which are very unreactive
O of the high polarity of nitrogen molecules preventing them from dissolving in biological fluids, such as those inside cells I
O there is so little nitrogen in the atmosphere
of the extreme toxicity of nitrogen
O nitrogen is very unreactive, largely due to its triple bond
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