Meaning of ammonium nitrate | Babel Free
Definitions
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).
Equivalents
Deutsch
Ammoniumnitrat
Ελληνικά
νιτρικό αμμώνιο
Suomi
ammoniumnitraatti
Français
nitrate d'ammonium
Gaeilge
níotráit amóiniam
Magyar
ammónium-nitrát
Bahasa Indonesia
amonium nitrat
日本語
硝安
Nederlands
ammoniumnitraat
Português
nitrato de amônio
Türkçe
amonyum nitrat
Examples
“According to the Lebanese government, about 2,750 tons of ammonium nitrate fertilizer was stored in a warehouse on the Beirut waterfront and caught fire, later exploding.”
CEFR level
B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
See also
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