The Brandon facility — which makes anhydrous ammonia, urea, UAN solutions, nitric acid, ammonium nitrate solution, ammonium polyphosphate and ammonium thiosulfate — was the first in Canada for Koch ...

Those ingredients include ammonium polyphosphate and diammonium phosphate, which can all help prevent trees and other woody materials from burning, according to the compound’s manufacturer ...

and ammonium polyphosphate ((NH4PO3)n). Along with its use as a fertilizer (providing nitrogen and phosphorous to plants), you often see ammonium phosphate in crystal-making kits that are popular ...

Environmental experts have said that spraying fire retardant using planes is ineffective, expensive and a growing source of pollution for rivers and streams ...

Produced 1,635 tonnes P 2 O 5 of Direct Application Phosphate Rock (“DAPR”) and Partially Acidulated Phosphate Rock (“PAPR”) compared to 643 tonnes P 2 O 5 in Q4 2023, with the increase due to the ...

Flame retardants like ones used in wildfires are also used in cladding and electrical appliances. Some are toxic for humans and the environment.

Phos-Chek is a mixture of primarily ammonium phosphate or ammonium polyphosphate – fertiliser – with additives such as iron oxide – rust – to give it colour. Its bright hue – which ...

State Key Laboratory of Nutrient Use and Management, Key Laboratory of Plant-Soil Interactions, Ministry of Education, College of Resources and Environmental Sciences, National Academy of Agriculture ...

It is made using a mix of chemicals that are used to extinguish or slow down the spread of the blaze, including ammonium polyphosphate - which does not evaporate easily and stays set on materials ...