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Title: NOx emissions
Post by: xiankai on August 05, 2005, 08:54:00 AM

i've got a test question where it asks how NOx is produced in a combustion chamber. the answer was the burning of nitrogen in air at high temperatures. but since the nitrogen triple bonds, isnt it like very hard to break them?

Title: Re:NOx emissions
Post by: Donaldson Tan on August 05, 2005, 03:29:19 PM

the operating temperature of the combustion chamber would be at least 700C. Lightning is known to convert atmospheric nitrogen to NOx. Why not?

Title: Re:NOx emissions
Post by: xiankai on August 06, 2005, 08:36:06 AM

ok thanks!