Ammonia and nitrate are found in fertilisers, which are used essentially on crops. When precipitation occurs, residual fertilisers can be transported into creeks via moving water. When ammonia reaches the creek, it dissolves into the water. This is possible due to ammonia’s ability to form hydrogen bonds. The partially positively charged hydrogen atoms of the water molecule are attracted to the highly electronegative, slightly negatively charged nitrogen atom from the ammonia molecule due to a dipole-dipole force, causing a very strong hydrogen bond . This causes ammonia to be highly soluble in water. Ammonia is toxic to freshwater organisms at concentrations ranging from 0.53 to 22.8 mg/L . Ammonia ions dissolved in the water don’t all continue to be ammonia, and many become oxidised and undergo
Ammonia and nitrate are found in fertilisers, which are used essentially on crops. When precipitation occurs, residual fertilisers can be transported into creeks via moving water. When ammonia reaches the creek, it dissolves into the water. This is possible due to ammonia’s ability to form hydrogen bonds. The partially positively charged hydrogen atoms of the water molecule are attracted to the highly electronegative, slightly negatively charged nitrogen atom from the ammonia molecule due to a dipole-dipole force, causing a very strong hydrogen bond . This causes ammonia to be highly soluble in water. Ammonia is toxic to freshwater organisms at concentrations ranging from 0.53 to 22.8 mg/L . Ammonia ions dissolved in the water don’t all continue to be ammonia, and many become oxidised and undergo