Source Assessment: Ammonium Nitrate Production - US EPA
Ammonium nitrate production is expected to increase at a rate of 2.0%/yr through 1978. With no additional controls, particulate emissions will be 13% greater in 1978 than in 1972. ... In the prilling process, ammonium nitrate is produced by the fol- lowing exothermic reaction of ammonia and nitric acid: NK3 + HN03 —> NH^NOs (1) When a 55% ...