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The character "氨" was created to denote the chemical substance ammonia, constructed through the combination of the semantic radical "气" to classify it as a gas and the phonetic component "安" to suggest its pronunciation. This formation as a phono-semantic compound represents a methodical adaptation within the Chinese writing system to accommodate modern scientific terminology, emerging during the influx of Western chemical knowledge. Since its conception, the character has maintained a fixed reference to the compound NH3, without deviation in its applied meaning, illustrating how new lexical items are systematically integrated using established structural principles.
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氨气有一种刺鼻的味道。
清洁剂中常含有氨。
氨是制造化肥的重要原料。
实验室里储存着氨水。
氨基酸是蛋白质的基本组成单位。
工业上通过哈伯法合成氨。
氨的浓度过高会对人体造成危害。
科学家研究氨在宇宙中的形成过程。