
Ammonium nitrate
Ammonium nitrate is the ammonium salt of nitric acid. It has a role as a fertilizer, an oxidising agent and an explosive. It is an inorganic molecular entity, an ammonium salt and an inorganic nitrate salt. — ChEBI
- IUPAC name
- azanium nitrate
- Molecular formula
- H4N2O3
- Molecular weight
- 80.044 g/mol
- Exact mass
- 80.02219199 Da
- Topological polar surface area
- 63.9 Ų
- Hydrogen-bond donors
- 1
- Hydrogen-bond acceptors
- 3
- Covalent units
- 2
- Defined stereocentres
- 0
Also known as
16 more reported names
External database identifiers
- ChEBI:CHEBI:63038
- ChEMBL:CHEMBL1500032
- EPA DTXSID:DTXSID2029668
- PubMed:29953848
Retrieved from NIH PubChem on 2026-08-31 by checksum-valid CAS matching. Chemical properties do not replace the regulatory decision on this page.