In ordinary circumstances, ammonium nitrate is fertilizer. But when placed under stress of heat and pressure, it acts like a bomb. transcript [screaming] [smaller explosions] [giant blast] [alarms ...

Ammonium nitrate was among the chemicals stored in a warehouse in China's northern city of Tianjin that ignited in 2015, triggering a blast that killed at least 165 people and caused over $1 ...

Ammonium nitrate is a crop nutrient and makes up about 2% of total nitrogen fertilizers applied annually in the U.S. But it is also a strong oxidizer that can react violently, ...

The global ammonium nitrate market is expected to post a CAGR of over 3% during 2018-2022, according to the latest research report by Technavio.

IT has long been known that ammonium nitrate can be made to explode in certain circumstances, and since the catastrophe at Oppau in 1921, it has been recognised that proper precautions should be ...

The leaky MV Rhosus, a Moldovan-flagged ship owned by a Russian who operated a business registered in Panama, pulled into Beirut's port on Nov. 16, 2013, carrying about 2,750 tons of ammonium nitrate.

Ammonium nitrate is a chemical compound widely used in farming as fertilizer. It is normally spread as small pellets and dissolves quickly in moisture, releasing nitrogen into the soil.

President Trump’s plan to impose a 100 percent tariff on Russian goods could raise the cost of urea, a key fertilizer in corn ...