GRIGGS v. DUKE POWER CO., (1971) No. 124 Argued: December 14, 1970 Decided: March 8, 1971
Ammonium Nitrate and fertilizers. Ammonium Nitrate is generally used as a fertilizer. It is actually sold in the form of pellets that are coated with clay. The reason why it is very popular in agriculture is because of the high nitrogen amount in this compound.
Ammonia dissolves easily in water to form ammonium hydroxide (NH4OH) and is often known in this form as 'household ammonia'. It is commonly used for cleaning. Today ammonia is used in the manufacture of dyes, explosives, plastics, drugs, nitric acid, fertilizer and many other chemicals that contain nitrogen.