A cargo ship packed with potentially explosive ammonium nitrate remains adrift in the English Channel off the coast of France. The Maltese-registered Ruby is carrying 20,000 tonnes of the chemical ...

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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 ...

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 ...

Following the destruction caused by ammonium nitrate exploding at Beirut's port, there are concerns globally about its storage. The chemical is widely used around the world, as a fertiliser or for ...

Ammonia, NH 3, is an alkaline gas and so turns damp red litmus paper blue. Ammonium ions (NH 4 +) – found in ammonium compounds such as ammonium chloride, ammonium nitrate and ammonium sulfate ...

However, ammonia- and nitrite-oxidizers also play a very important role in wastewater treatment facilities by removing potentially harmful levels of ammonium that could lead to the pollution of ...

The lab preparation of ammonium sulfate happens on a small scale, but its industrial production happens on a much larger scale in several stages.

Picture: Dover Strait Shipping It is reported the vessel is carrying a load of ammonium nitrate - the material which caused a devastating explosion which killed 200 people in Beirut in 2020 - used ...