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Nitric acid is the chief source for the production of nitrogenous fertilizers.

Specifically, vaporized ammonia from natural gas can be mixed with air and then burned over a platinum/rhodium catalyst. It cools as nitric oxide. It oxidizes with the remaining oxygen to nitrogen dioxide. It produces nitric acid when absorbed in water.

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