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ammonium nitrate

noun

Definitions

  1. The ammonium salt of nitric acid, NH₄NO₃

    The ammonium salt of nitric acid, NH₄NO₃; it is used in fertilizers and explosives (notoriously in improvised explosive devices, though its main importance is as an explosive in its own right and in mixtures such as amatol and ANFO).

    • According to the Lebanese government, about 2,750 tons of ammonium nitrate fertilizer was stored in a warehouse on the Beirut waterfront and caught fire, later exploding.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for ammonium nitrate. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

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