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Substance Name: Ammonium nitrate
RN: 6484-52-2
UNII: T8YA51M7Y6
InChIKey: DVARTQFDIMZBAA-UHFFFAOYSA-O

Classification Codes

  • Agrochemicals
  • Explosive Agents
  • Fertilizers

Molecular Formulas

  • H3-N.H-N-O3
  • H4-N2-O3

Molecular Weight

  • 80.0426
 
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Names and Synonyms

Name of Substance

  • Ammonium nitrate

Synonyms

  • Ammonium nitrate
  • Ammonium nitricum
  • Ammonium saltpeter
  • Ammonium(I) nitrate (1:1)
  • Caswell No. 045
  • EC 229-347-8
  • EINECS 229-347-8
  • EPA Pesticide Chemical Code 076101
  • German saltpeter
  • Herco prills
  • HSDB 475
  • Merco Prills
  • Nitram
  • Nitrate d'ammonium
  • Nitrate d'ammonium [French]
  • Nitrate of ammonia
  • Nitrato amonico
  • Nitrato amonico [Spanish]
  • Nitric acid, ammonium salt
  • Norway saltpeter
  • UNII-T8YA51M7Y6
  • Varioform I

Systematic Names

  • Ammonium nitrate
  • Ammonium(I) nitrate (1:1)
  • Nitric acid ammonium salt
  • Nitric acid ammonium salt (1:1)

Superlist Names

  • Ammonium nitrate
  • Ammonium nitrate solution
  • Ammonium nitrate solution (greater than 45% and less than 93%)
  • Ammonium nitrate, liquid (hot concentrated solution)
  • Ammonium nitrate, liquid (hot concentrated solution) [UN2426] [Oxidizer]
  • Ammonium nitrate, solution
  • Ammonium nitrate, urea solution (containing ammonia)
  • Ammonium nitrate, urea solution (not containing ammonia)
  • Ammonium nitrate, with >0.2% combustible substances, including any organic substance calculated as carbon, to the exclusion of any other added substance
  • Ammonium nitrate, with >0.2% combustible substances, including any organic substance calculated as carbon, to the exclusion of any other added substance [UN0222] [Explosive 1.1D]
  • Ammonium nitrate, with not >0.2% of combustible substances, including any organic substance calculated as carbon, to the exclusion of any other added substance
  • Ammonium nitrate, with not >0.2% of combustible substances, including any organic substance calculated as carbon, to the exclusion of any other added substance [UN1942] [Oxidizer]
  • Nitric acid, ammonium salt
  • UN0222
  • UN1942
  • UN2426

Registry Numbers

CAS Registry Number

  • 6484-52-2

FDA UNII

  • T8YA51M7Y6

Other Registry Numbers

  • 1388628-04-3
  • 893438-76-1
  • 95255-40-6

System Generated Number

  • 0006484522

Molecular Formulas

Molecular Formulas

  • H3-N.H-N-O3
  • H4-N2-O3

Molecular Formula Fragments

  • COMPONENT
  • H-N-O3
  • H3-N

Structure Descriptors

InChI

InChI=1S/NO3.H3N/c2-1(3)4;/h;1H3/q-1;/p+1

InChIKey

DVARTQFDIMZBAA-UHFFFAOYSA-O

Smiles

[NH4+].[O-][N+](=O)[O-]

Toxicity

Organism Test Type Route Reported Dose (Normalized Dose) Effect Source
mouse LD50 unreported 2085mg/kg (2085mg/kg)   Gigiena i Sanitariya. For English translation, see HYSAAV. Vol. 57(2), Pg. 66, 1992.
rat LD50 oral 2217mg/kg (2217mg/kg)   Gigiena i Sanitariya. For English translation, see HYSAAV. Vol. 52(8), Pg. 25, 1987.