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Shipping ammonium nitrate safely

[ December 5, 2022   //   ]

Global cargo handling association ICHCA International (ICHCA) has produced a whitepaper, Ammonium Nitrate Fire Risk on Board Ships. It outlines best practice on management of risk on vessels of the chemical’s peculiar reactions to heat and subsequent conflagration, as well as the nature of its decomposition which require precise specifications of vessel equipment and handling equipment.

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