Ammonium nitrate is a crystal-like white solid which is made in large industrial quantities. Its biggest use is as a source of nitrogen for fertiliser, but it is also used to create explosives for ...

Port officials in the Ivory Coast's largest city Abidjan on Monday insisted that a ship carrying 20,000 tonnes of potentially explosive ammonium nitrate moored in its outer harbour posed "no danger".

A vessel loaded with 20,000 tons of ammonium nitrate – the same chemical that left large parts of Beirut in ruins in an ...

Following the destruction caused by ammonium nitrate exploding at Beirut's port, there are concerns globally about its storage. The chemical is widely used around the world, as a fertiliser or for ...

Although research indicates that ammonium nitrate, used in agriculture as a fertilizer, is particularly harmful to children's ...

On Monday morning port and customs officials will meet with owners of both the cargo and the vessel to examine the situation ...

The impact of agriculture on air pollution Although research points out that ammonium nitrate, used in agriculture as a fertiliser, is particularly harmful to children's brains, agriculture's ...

Glacier FarmMedia - There’s a common assumption that when winter grips the Prairies, there’s no activity in the soil. As a result, urea or ammonium-based ...

This catalyst demonstrated exceptional reduction capability, achieving more than 90% selectivity for converting nitrate to ammonium. Furthermore, the researchers used advanced 15 N isotope tracing ...

ammonium nitrate and ammonium sulfate – can be identified by heating a solution of the ions with sodium hydroxide. This reaction produces ammonia gas, as shown in the ionic equation below: ...