Importance of Ammonium Nitrate

Pure ammonium nitrate, ammonium nitrate-ammonium sulfate mixtures and calcium carbonate-ammonium nitrate mixtures (lime ammonium nitrate, calnitro , see Section 2.2.2.2) belong to this substance class. The worldwide production of these materials in 1995 was 15.5 10 t. In total nitrogen fertilizer production there is a shift to urea, which has a higher nitrogen content and can be inexpensively produced. The total consumption of ammoni- 

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