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Offline xiankai

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NOx emissions
« 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?
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Re:NOx emissions
« Reply #1 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?
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Re:NOx emissions
« Reply #2 on: August 06, 2005, 08:36:06 AM »
ok thanks!
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