This property of both nitro and nitrate groups is because their thermal decomposition yields molecular nitrogen N 2 gas plus considerable energy, due to the high strength of the bond in molecular nitrogen.
Mount Ararat (16,940 feet, 5165 m) is the largest volcano in Turkey. Although not currently active, its most recent eruption has probably been within the last 10,000 years.
Image caption The Tamu massif is comparable in size to Olympus Mons on Mars. Scientists say that they have discovered the single largest volcano in the world, a dead colossus deep beneath the Pacific waves. A team writing in the journal Nature Geoscience says the 310,000 sq km (119,000 sq mi) Tamu Massif is comparable in size to Mars' vast Olympus Mons volcano-the largest in the Solar System.