Electroreduction of nitrogen with almost 100% current-to-ammonia efficiency

Re:Electroreduction of nitrogen with almost 100% current-to-... by ForgedEngine on Tuesday October 31, 2023 @12:31AM (#38080338)

Flash point and boiling points are different. The flashpoint of ammonia is 270F. Below this temperature at 1 atm, ammonia will not catch fire no matter what.

That video took place in an engine room, so any combination of heat, flame, or spark is possible.

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Re:Electroreduction of nitrogen with almost 100% current-to-... by lazide on Tuesday October 31, 2023 @08:22AM (#38083660)

“Flash point is the temperature a liquid (usually a petroleum product) will form a vapour in the air near its surface that will “flash,” or briefly ignite, on exposure to an open flame”

If ammonia is boiling (and producing a fog) of concentrated vapor which then burns/explodes in exposure to an open flame, which it will definitely do at even OF, that is an entirely academic point no?

It still has the same effect.

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