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.
1 MOUNT ETNA. 2  Mt. Etna is the largest active volcano in Europe. It has been erupting for half a million years. The first eruption took place in 1500 B.C. Mt. Etna is currently erupting. Dormant periods on Mount Etna are very rare. 3  Click on the words active and dormant to find out how these words differ.