Wednesday, May 14, 2014

What is ammonium nitrate used for ?

Some days back , there was a report in the newspaper which read as : in a house , there was explosion because there was the stock of ammonium nitrate. Police suspect terror links.
Few years back , there was an explosion in Tajmahal hotel of Mumbai by terrorists. There also , terrorists had used ammonium nitrate as explosive.
Whenever there is a bomb blast , there is a report of ammonium nitrate usage. It is used as an oxidising agent in explosives.
But it is also used in agriculture as fertilizer. There are good as well as bad usage of this perticular compound.