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AMMONIUM NITRATE

• In the manufacture of safety matches, where the com-
pound supplies oxygen to substances that catch fire
when the match is struck; and
• As a nutrient in commercial processing for growing
yeasts and antibiotics.

FOR FURT H ER INFOR M ATIO N
‘‘Chemical Profile for Ammonium Nitrate.’’ Scorecard: The Pollu
tion Information Site.
http://www.scorecard.org/chemical profiles/summary.tcl?edf_
substance_id=6484 52 2. (accessed on September 13, 2005).
Gorman, Christine. ‘‘The Bomb Lurking in the Garden Shed.’’ Time
(May 1, 1995): 54.
Olafson, Steve. ‘‘The Explosion: 50 Years Later Texas City Remem
bers.’’ The Houston Chronicle (April 14, 1997): A1. Also available
online at
http://www.chron.com/content/chronicle/metropolitan/txcity/
main.html. (accessed on September 13, 2005).

See Also Ammonia, Nitric Acid, Nitrous Oxide

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