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Ammonia nitrate is one of the nitrogenous fertilizers manufactured from nitrogen compounds.
a).Identify the reagents used to manufacture ammonium nitrate.
b) Calculate the percentage of nitrogen in ammonium nitrate fertilizer.
(N = 14, H = 1, O =16)

Answer Text:
a).Ammonia/#NH_3# and Concentrated nitric acid/Conc. #HNO_3#
b)#NH_4NO_3# = 14 + 4 + 14 + 3(16) = 80
% N = #28/80 times 100= 35%#