Name: ___Zoha Rashid ___
Date: ____10-8-14______
Periodic-als Covalent Compound
Covalent Compound Selected: Ammonia
Why did you select this Covalent Compound? Is it Polar or Non-polar Covalent?
I don’t know much about Ammonia so that’s why I picked it and it is a Polar Covalent.
How is this Covalent Compound important/relevant to your life?
Personally, it’s not relevant to my life but it is a very common substance that is used to clean, bleach, and deodorize at home.
Facts on the Covalent Compound
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MLA Citation: https://www.health.ny.gov/environmental/emergency/chemical_terrorism/ammonia_general.htm
Facts on the first NONMETAL in your Compound
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Facts on the second NONMETAL in your Compound
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Date: ____10-8-14______
Periodic-als Covalent Compound
Covalent Compound Selected: Ammonia
Why did you select this Covalent Compound? Is it Polar or Non-polar Covalent?
I don’t know much about Ammonia so that’s why I picked it and it is a Polar Covalent.
How is this Covalent Compound important/relevant to your life?
Personally, it’s not relevant to my life but it is a very common substance that is used to clean, bleach, and deodorize at home.
Facts on the Covalent Compound
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MLA Citation: https://www.health.ny.gov/environmental/emergency/chemical_terrorism/ammonia_general.htm
- One of the most widely produced compounds in the US
- In pure form, is known as anhydrous ammonia.
- Can be decayed when plants, and animals decay.
- Is produced in the human body.
- Can be commonly found in nature.
- Ammonia is colorless.
- Ammonia is a highly irritating gas.
- Ammonia has a sharp suffocating odor.
- Forms colorless liquid under pressure.
- Almost 80% of Ammonia produced today is used in the agriculture as fertilizer.
Facts on the first NONMETAL in your Compound
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- Has an atomic number of 1
- Has properties of both a metal and a nonmetal
- A colorless gas.
- Makes up 75% of the earth today.
- Can be found in the sun
- Can be found in the stars
- Hydrogen is an odorless gas.
- Was discovered in 1766
- Hydrogen is the lightest of all elements
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- Has an atomic number of 7
- Colorless, odorless diatomic gas.
- Nitrogen is used in food storage to keep food fresh.
- Nitrogen is used in making electronic parts.
- Nitrogen is used for other industrial purposes .
- We need nitrogen to live and encounter it in many foods.
- NItrogen makes up about 78% of the earth.
- Nitrogen has two stable isotopes.
- Its name comes from a mineral known as “Niter” which is Potassium Nitrate
- Can be used in foods such as ice cream and yogurt.