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Ammonium nitrate is used for... Most of the produced ammonium nitrate ends therefore in the production of fertilizers... the runoff of excess ammonium nitrate is a leading source of environmental waste... ammonium nitrate makes an explosive mixture when combined with a... Ammonium nitrate and fuel oil... because ammonium nitrate was readily available in bulk... ammonium nitrate required to make bombs is now difficult to obtain in bulk... ammonium nitrate was illegal as a result of it being used in... Ammonium nitrate is used in military explosives such as the... water reaction with enough ammonium nitrate added to burn off the resulting hydrogen... Ammonium nitrate is also an explosive in its purest form although it is an unusually insensitive one... When ammonium nitrate is fused and... Ammonium nitrate has also found use as a... is an explosive solution of ammonium nitrate in liquid ammonia... Ammonium nitrate is also used in... ammonium nitrate is mixed with... Products of ammonium nitrate reactions are used in airbags... Ammonium nitrate is used in the treatment of some... Ammonium nitrate is used in the preparation of... Ammonium nitrate is used in survival kits mixed with... Ammonium nitrate can be used to make... ammonium nitrate can be induced to decompose explosively by detonation... or from a mixture of ammonium nitrate with a combustible material during the fire... Ammonium nitrate decomposes in temperatures above 210...

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