The industrial production of the explosive ammonium nitrate fertilizer entails an exothermic reaction of anhydrous ammonia and nitric acid to form 83% concentrated solution and evaporating the excess water to produce 95%-99.9% commercial-grade product. Given only air and water as starting materials and any equipment and catalyst at your disposal. What chemical processing can be used to produce the fertilizer? Please give detail to the answer.
The industrial production of the explosive ammonium nitrate fertilizer entails an exothermic reaction of anhydrous ammonia and nitric acid to form 83% concentrated solution and evaporating the excess water to produce 95%-99.9% commercial-grade product. Given only air and water as starting materials and any equipment and catalyst at your disposal. What chemical processing can be used to produce the fertilizer? Please give detail to the answer.
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The industrial production of the explosive ammonium nitrate fertilizer entails an exothermic reaction of anhydrous ammonia and nitric acid to form 83% concentrated solution and evaporating the excess water to produce 95%-99.9% commercial-grade product. Given only air and water as starting materials and any equipment and catalyst at your disposal. What chemical processing can be used to produce the fertilizer? Please give detail to the answer.
a. Nitrophosphate process
b. Contact process
c. Ostwald process
d. Haber process
e. None of these
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