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2. Ammonium nitrate - Wikipedia

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   Ammonium nitrate is a chemical compound with the formula NH4NO3. It is a white crystalline salt consisting of ions of ammonium and nitrate. It is highly soluble in water and hygroscopic as a solid, although it does not form hydrates. It is predominantly used in agriculture as a high-nitrogen fertilizer.

3. Miracle-Gro - Wikipedia

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   Miracle-Gro, a water-soluble fertilizer, was developed after Horace Hagedorn met nurseryman Otto Stern and learned of Stern's troubles shipping plants in 1944. [1] [2] [3] They hired O. Wesley Davidson, a Rutgers University professor, to develop the fertilizer. [1] In 1950, the company was formed after Hagedorn's wife Peggy named the product.

4. List of ammonium nitrate incidents and disasters - Wikipedia

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   The cause of the explosion was the ignition of ammonium nitrate used as raw material for fertilizer and explosives. Australia Taroom, Queensland August 30, 1972: 3 12 In the 1972 Taroom explosion, a truck carrying 12 tons of ammonium nitrate experienced an electrical fault and caught fire north of Taroom, Queensland. After the driver stopped ...

5. Scotts Miracle-Gro Company - Wikipedia

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   6,500. Website. scottsmiraclegro .com. The Scotts Miracle-Gro Company is an American multinational corporation headquartered in Marysville, Ohio, where O.M. Scott began selling lawn seed in 1868. [2] The company manufactures and sells consumer lawn, garden and pest control products, as well as soilless indoor gardening equipment. [3]

6. Controlled-release fertiliser - Wikipedia

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   Controlled release fertilizers are traditional fertilizers encapsulated in a shell that degrades at a specified rate. Sulfur is a typical encapsulation material. Other coated products use thermoplastics (and sometimes ethylene-vinyl acetate and surfactants, etc.) to produce diffusion-controlled release of urea or other fertilizers.

7. West Fertilizer Company explosion - Wikipedia

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   On April 17, 2013, an ammonium nitrate explosion occurred at the West Fertilizer Company storage and distribution facility in West, Texas, United States (18 miles (29 km) north of Waco ), while emergency services personnel were responding to a fire at the facility. [7] Fifteen people were killed, more than 160 were injured, and more than 150 ...