Ammonia production
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ammonia-production-183-14194292
title:
Ammonia production
text:
Ammonia production takes place worldwide, mostly in large-scale manufacturing plants that produce 183 million metric tonnes of ammonia (2021) annually. Leading producers are China (31.9%), Russia (8.7%), India (7.5%), and the United States (7.1%). 80% or more of ammonia is used as fertilizer. Ammonia is also used for the production of plastics, fibres, explosives, nitric acid, and intermediates for dyes and pharmaceuticals. The industry contributes 1% to 2% of global CO2. Between 18–20 Mt of the
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encyclopedia
description:
Overview of history and methods to produce NH3
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ammonia_production
date created:
2006-03-28T20:45:18Z
date modified:
2024-09-06T22:41:45Z
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