This standard specifies technical requirements, sampling, test method, inspection rules, marking, packaging, transportation and storage of ammonium nitrate.
This standard is applicable to ammonium nitrate made by neutralization of ammonia and dilute nitric acid.
Molecular formula: NH4NO3
Relative molecular mass: 80.04 (in accordance with the international atomic weight in 1985)
2 Normative References
GB 190 Packing Symbol of Dangerous Goods
GB 191 Packaging - Pictorial Marking for Handling of Goods
GB 601 Chemical Reagent - Preparations of Standard Volumetric Solutions
GB 2947 Determination of Water in Urea and Ammonium Nitrate by Karl Fischer Method
GB 3600 Fertilizers - Determination of Ammoniacal Nitrogen Content - Formaldehyde Method
GB 6003 Test Sieve
GB 6678 General Principles for Sampling Chemical Products
GB 6679 General Rules for Sampling of Solid Chemical Products
GB 8569 Packing of Solid Chemical Fertilizers
3 Technical Requirements
3.1 Crystalline ammonium nitrate shall be in accordance with those specified in Table 1: