Question

ammonium nitrate, which is prepared from nitric acid, is used as a nitrogen fertilizer. determine the percent composition of ammonium nitrate​

Answer 1

Ammonium nitrate, (NH4NO3), a salt of ammonia and nitric acid, used widely in fertilizers and explosives. The commercial grade contains about 33.5 percent nitrogen, all of which is in forms utilizable by plants; it is the most common nitrogenous component of artificial fertilizers.