UV Light Splits Nitrogen Atoms (IMAGE)

University of California - San Diego

UV Light Splits Nitrogen Atoms

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Pairs of nitrogen atoms are more likely to be split by UV light from the Sun and other sources if one or both are the heavier isotope nitrogen-15. In this experiment those heavier atoms combined with hydrogen to form ammonia.

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UC San Diego

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