ammonium nitrate
The ammonium salt of nitric acid, NH₄NO₃The 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).
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Meaning
1 senses(uncountable)The 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).
Ammoniumnitrat
нітрат амоніюnitrat amoniju
- used as an explosive and fertilizer and rocket propellant
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1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable
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