nitrificationnoun [ U ]
uk/ˌnaɪ.trɪ.fɪˈkeɪ.ʃən/us/ˌnaɪ.trə.fəˈkeɪ.ʃən/specializedthe process in which bacteria in the soil use oxygen to change compounds of nitrogen in dead plant material into nitrates which plants can then absorb as food
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Physical & chemical processes
- addition reaction
- adiabatic
- adsorb
- advection
- alpha decay
- corrode
- degradable
- diffraction
- dissolve
- exothermic reaction
- impregnate
- processus
- redox
- refraction
- rehydrate
- saponification
- scald
- secretion
- suction
- the carbon cycle
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