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Liquid ammonia has a very high standard enthalpy change of vapourization (23.5 kJ/mol; [28] for comparison, water's is 40.65 kJ/mol, methane 8.19 kJ/mol and phosphine 14.6 kJ/mol) and can be transported in pressurized or refrigerated vessels; however, at standard temperature and pressure liquid anhydrous ammonia will vaporize.
County Coroner Kim Rhodes told the Effingham Daily News on Saturday that five people were fatally overcome by anhydrous ammonia, including two children under 12 and an adult from the same ...
The truck was carrying about 7,500 gallons of anhydrous ammonia at the time, according to the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency. The agency said early estimates indicate more than half ...
Household 'ammonia' is a solution of NH 3 in water, and is used as a general purpose cleaner for many surfaces. Because ammonia results in a relatively streak-free shine, one of its most common uses is to clean glass, porcelain, and stainless steel. It is also frequently used for cleaning ovens and for soaking items to loosen baked-on grime.
An accident involving a tanker truck carrying anhydrous ammonia takes place in Houston, Texas, resulting in the deaths of 7 people. [4] [5] May 21 The Yuba City bus disaster, the second-worst bus crash in U.S. history, leaves 28 students and one teacher dead.
A tanker carrying anhydrous ammonia, a poisonous gas, overturned and began leaking on Friday night in Illinois, killing five
Oct. 2—Teutopolis residents are learning more about the accident less than a mile east of town on U.S. Route 40 Friday night that resulted in a deadly leak of anhydrous ammonia and a mass ...
Anti-methamphetamine sign on tank of anhydrous ammonia (Otley, Iowa). Anhydrous ammonia is used in the production of farm fertilizer and is also a critical ingredient in making methamphetamine. In 2005, the state of Iowa gave out thousands of locks in order to prevent criminals from accessing the tanks. [1]