{"id":73815,"date":"2026-04-02T10:22:04","date_gmt":"2026-04-02T04:52:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=73815"},"modified":"2026-04-02T11:32:39","modified_gmt":"2026-04-02T06:02:39","slug":"ammonium-nitrate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/ammonium-nitrate\/","title":{"rendered":"Ammonium Nitrate"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><b>Ammonium Nitrate Latest News<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Recently, a leasing agreement was signed between Bharat Coal Gasification and Chemicals Limited (BCGCL) and Mahanadi Coalfields Limited (MCL) for the upcoming Coal to Ammonium Nitrate Project at Lakhanpur, Odisha.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>About Ammonium Nitrate<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ammonium nitrate (NH4NO3) is a <\/span><b>crystal-like white solid<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> which is made in large industrial quantities.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is a salt of <\/span><b>ammonia and nitric acid.<\/b><\/li>\n<li><b>Properties of Ammonium Nitrate:<\/b>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It has a <\/span><b>melting point of 170\u00b0C.<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is <\/span><b>highly soluble in water<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">; heating of the water solution decomposes the salt to nitrous oxide (laughing gas).\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><b>Applications<\/b>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is commonly used in <\/span><b>agriculture as a high-nitrogen fertilizer,<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and it has also been used as an oxidizing agent in explosives.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is one of the base ingredients <\/span><b>used in the manufacture of commercial explosives<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is the main component of <\/span><b>slurry explosives used for mining.<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li aria-level=\"1\"><b>Legal Controls on Ammonium Nitrate in India<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"2\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Under rules introduced in 2012 and updated in 2021, any mixture containing over 45% ammonium nitrate is <\/span><b>legally classified as an explosive.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"2\"><b>A District Magistrate<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> may permit possession of up to <\/span><b>30 metric tonnes<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, while larger quantities need approval from the Petroleum and Explosives Safety Organisation (PESO).\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"2\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">PESO issues licences for the manufacture, storage, transport, and use of large quantities of ammonium nitrate.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Source:<\/b> <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pib.gov.in\/PressReleasePage.aspx?PRID=2247912&amp;reg=3&amp;lang=1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">PIB<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ammonium Nitrate is a crystal-like white solid which is made in large industrial quantities. 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