ammonium nitrate
Noun
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Noun
ammonium nitrate (uncountable)
- (inorganic compound) 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)
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