The chemical compound ammonium nitrate, the nitrate salt of ammonia, has the chemical formula NH4NO3. It is a white crystalline solid which is highly soluble in water. It is predominantly used in agriculture as a high-nitrogen fertilizer. The compound is used as explosives in mining, but also improvised explosive devices. It is the main component ...
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component of ANFO; contents of two ships that exploded in Texas City Disaster, killing over 500 people, including all 28 volunteer firefighters at the scene.
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(NH4NO3), a salt of ammonia and nitric acid, used widely in fertilizers and explosives. The commercial grade contains about 33.5 percent nitrogen, ... [4 related articles]
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NH4NO3 Molar mass: 80.04336
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<chemical> Used in making nitrous oxide gas, in freezing mixtures, matches, and fertilisers; also used in veterinary medicine. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...
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Type: Term Definitions: 1. Used in making nitrous oxide gas (i.e. lauging gas), and in freezing mixtures, matches, and fertilizers; also used in veterinary medicine as a urinary acidifier, as an expectorant, and has diuretic activity.
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It is a colourless, crystalline salt, used in some explosives.
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n] - used as an explosive and fertilizer and rocket propellant
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One of the main sources of artificial nitrogen fertiliser. Generally it is supplied as a prill and contains around one third of it's weight as 'nitrogen'.
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The best known chemical property of ammonium nitrate is its combustability. This also makes it a very dangerous compound to work with. Symbol NH
4NO
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noun used as an explosive and fertilizer and rocket propellant
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Colourless, crystalline solid, prepared by neutralization of nitric acid with ammonia; the salt is crystallized from the solution. It sublimes on heating
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a white, crystalline, water-soluble powder, NHNO, usually produced by reacting nitric acid with vaporous ammonia: used chiefly in explosives, fertilizers, freezing mixtures, and in the manufacture of nitrous oxide.
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