Nearly 3,000 tonnes of ammonium nitrate - taken from a ship off the coast of Beirut six years ago and then stored in a warehouse - has been blamed for the explosion that ripped through the port ...

Dexter Filkins investigates a months-long border fight between old enemies, which threatens to ignite a devastating all-out ...

Fertilizers common to crop production in Indiana usually contain nitrogen in one or more of the following forms: nitrate, ammonia, ammonium or urea. Each form has specific properties that determine ...

Yara has committed to buy all of the future production from ATOME’s green fertilizer plant in Viletta, Paraguay.

In order to create the target compound – being ammonium nitrate – nitric acid (HNO 3) had to be created first. This is the simplest way to use the cooling effect of such solutions (pictured ...

The MV Rhosus arrived at the port in 2013 carrying 2,750 tonnes of ammonium nitrate Lebanon's government has blamed the huge blast that devastated parts of Beirut on the detonation of 2,750 tonnes ...

particularly with ammonium nitrate and fertilizer. Both men had outlined instructions for the formation of such a bomb in their writings. Kobek additionally points to age, height and physical ...

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: ...

MOSCOW, February 1. /TASS/. Russia imposed a ban on ammonium nitrate export for two months, until April 2, the government’s press service said on Tuesday. "The two-month ban on ammonium nitrate ...

The impact on vapour in the air was seen in the formation of a giant condensate ... explosive material was around 2,700 tonnes of ammonium nitrate, a compound used as fertiliser but which has ...

Nitrate fertilisers can be made through neutralisation reactions. To complete this, a supply of nitric acid is required. Nitric acid is then used to make ammonium nitrate which is high in nitrogen.