anhydrous

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In 2002, its radio stations in Minot, N.D., aired canned music as a toxic cloud blanketed the community after a train transporting anhydrous ammonia for fertilizer derailed and exploded.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 25, 2025

The price of anhydrous ammonia, which is used to provide nitrogen to optimize corn plant growth, is up more than 300% from last year.

From Seattle Times • Feb. 24, 2022

A fertilizer plant battered by Hurricane Ida belched highly toxic anhydrous ammonia into the air.

From New York Times • Sep. 1, 2021

The pilot sat in an ejection seat that suggested the electric chair, in front of a fuel compartment containing 2,400 gallons of liquid oxygen and anhydrous ammonia.

From Washington Post • Aug. 29, 2019

The anhydrous salt is very hygroscopic, and hence finds application as a desiccating agent.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 3 "Convention" to "Copyright" by Various