Ammonium nitrate

noun

Word Frequency: 0.5

Definitions

1.nounThe ammonium salt of nitric acid, NH4NO3; it is used in fertilizers and explosives (notoriously in improvised explosive devices, though its main importance is as an explosive in its own right and in mixtures such as amatol and ANFO).

Synonyms

sodium nitrate nitric acid ammonal ammonitrate aluminium nitrate ammonium carbamate amyl nitrate nitrate nitrourea ammonium nitrum flammans ammonium sulfate

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