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Ammonia Anhydrous

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Description

Ammonia Anhydrous is a co-product from the distillation of coal in the manufacture of coke and coal-gas. Ammonia is formed in the coal gasification stage of the oil from the coal process. Haber-Bosch process where nitrogen and hydrogen are combined under high pressures and temperatures in the presence of a catalyst.

Product information

Availability Region: Southern Africa
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Final product applications

  • A promoter of chloramines in the water treatment industry
    A slime and mould preventative agent for the tanning and leather industry
    A stabiliser of natural and synthetic latex
    Cleaning agents in the industrial and commercial cleaners and detergents industry
    Curing and protective agent for leathers and furs
    Developing agent in photochemical processes such as white printing, blue printing and in the diazo duplication process
    Largely used as a refrigerant in the commercial refrigeration industry
    Manufacture of ammonium nitrate
    Manufacture of explosives
    Manufacture of fertilisers
    Manufacture of liquid fertilizers
    Manufacture of nitric acid
    Manufacture of soda ash
    Manufacture of synthetic textile fibers such as nylon, rayon and acrylics
    Manufacture of cosmetics
    Pharmaceuticals
    Manufacture of polyurethanes
    Metal extraction in metal refining processes
    Metal treating (e.g. nitriding, annealing, sintering)
    pH control
    Pre-harvest cotton defoliant, an anti-fungal agent on certain fruits and as preservative for the storage of high-moisture corn
    Pulping of wood and casein dispersant in the coating of paper in the paper manufacturing industry.
    Refrigerant in the industrial, commercial and domestic markets
    Source of hydrogen as a furnace fuel and fuel cell applications
    Source of nitrogen
    Source of protein in the yeast and animal feed manufacturing industries
    Stacks scrubbing/stacks emission control
    Used in downstream electricity generation as a hydrogen rich fuel blend with kerosene in gas turbine generators
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