celia1095
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How to distinguish the name :Calcium Nitrate ; Calcium Ammonium Nitrate (CAN) and Granular CAN ?
How to distinguish the name :Calcium Nitrate ; Calcium Ammonium Nitrate (CAN) and Granular CAN ?
Sometimes people said Calcium Nitrate,but exactly they mean Calcium Ammonium Nitrate (CAN) .
Very confused. anyone know ?
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PHILOU Zrealone
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Calcium Nitrate is simply Ca(NO3)2 eventually with water of crystalisation.
Calcium Ammonium Nitrate (CAN) or Granular CAN is simply a mix of NH4NO3 and Ca(NO3)2 (eventually with water of crystalisation)
I guess that you may find the difference on the label by the % nitrogen (N) vs amount of Ca...
CAN must be richer at N since NH4NO3 contains 2 N atoms per molecule...
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Of course when you say CAN I think of Cerric Ammonium Nitrate which in my circles is the most common use for that abbreviation. Unfortunately you
have to sometimes infer the identity of a chemical from the context but it SHOULD be identified somewhere before the acronym is employed. In a book
this might be just before the introduction in a table or it could be interwoven in the text.
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| Quote: | | Of course when you say CAN I think of Cerric[sic] Ammonium Nitrate which in my circles is the most common use for that abbreviation.
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Just not common enough, apparently? 
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YES WE CAN! (B.Obama)  
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CAN can also be AN mixed with Lime
ammonium nitrate-based fertilisers with dolomite, limestone, and/or calcium carbonate
http://www.yara.co.nz/crop-nutrition/products/yarabela/7660-...
usually around 70-<80% AN to avoid additional regulations around ammonium nitrate storage in some countries.
NPK wont help as the ratio can vary depending on brand.
If in doubt find the MSDS
[Edited on 28-4-2016 by feacetech]
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Add sodium carbonate to its solution to see if CaCO3 precipitates
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I have come CalNit 15.5-0-0 and IDK what it is.. It is manufactured by Yaris. When dissolved in water, filtered, then boiled to evap an ammonia
smell eminates from it. After a complete dissolve and recrystalization to anhydrous form, a VERY pungent ammonia smell is present when KOH is added
to it. If the 2 compounds are mixed dry, it will hiss, get hot and emit very strong ammonia smell.
So, I don't know if this is truly Ca(NO3)2 or what.
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hissingnoise
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| Quote: | | If the 2 compounds are mixed dry, it will hiss, get hot and emit very strong ammonia smell. |
Ammonium nitrate releases small amounts of ammonia in boiling water and KOH being very hygroscopic reacts because it retains moisture!
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http://www.yara.us/us-safety-data-sheets/agriculture-data-sh...
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Yara, a major international company that likely wouldn't exist were it not for the Birkeland Eyde NO2 generator!
Their UnikaKali fert. is KNO3, BTW!
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