Chemistry GCSE
Build-up of nitrogen in the atmosphere
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Nitrogen gradually built up in the atmosphere because it is relatively unreactive and was not removed by reactions or dissolving in the oceans.
Topics that use Build-up of nitrogen in the atmosphere
- The Earth's early atmosphere (AQA GCSE)
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