eli5: Nitrogen and Nirates

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Is there a difference between Nitrogen and Nitrates? Why would I use one over the other when discussing water quality, fertilizers, or agriculture?

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Nitrates are the most raw organically accessible form of nitrogen. Pure nitrogen exists in the atmosphere as a gas and can only be processed by some organisms in the food network. Fertilizers I’d assume use nitrates in their composition.

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