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

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

From New York Times • Sep. 1, 2021

He said there is no risk from the toxic, explosive anhydrous ammonia at the site that prompted evacuations in a 1.1 mile radius from the fire Saturday.

From Seattle Times • Aug. 22, 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

Corundum as an abrasive is the mineral of this name—made up of anhydrous aluminum oxide.

From The Economic Aspect of Geology by Leith, C. K. (Charles Kenneth)