Although water-soluble, ammonium attaches readily to clay and organic matter particles (in much the same way iron is attracted to and held on a magnet), thus preventing it from leaching away. Then ...

After a fertilizer plant explosion last month leveled much of a small Texas town and killed 15, many people across the country wondered if they were at risk in their hometowns. The plant in West, ...

Two dry solids --- barium hydroxide and ammonium nitrate --- are mixed to produce an endothermic reaction. The temperature of the mixture drops approximately 45oC and is cold enough to freeze the ...

Leader of a multiyear health impact study says work with neighbors of the fire site continues as does the environmental ...

Ammonium nitrate (NH 4 NO 3) is commonly used as a fertiliser. Given the relative atomic mass of hydrogen is 1, nitrogen is 14 and oxygen is 16, calculate the percentage of ammonium nitrate that ...

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: ...

The company has been awarded a multidisciplinary construction contract for a replacement ammonium nitrate storage facility at Rio Tinto's Brockman 4 mine in ... In addition to the construction ...

A Netherlands-flagged cargo ship has been temporarily banned from entering Australian ports due to safety fears over its storage of ammonium nitrate. The Australian Maritime Safety Authority (AMSA ...