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UAN is a solution of urea and ammonium nitrate in water used as a fertilizer |
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Urea Ammonium Nitrate (UAN) solution, produced by combining urea, nitric acid, and ammonia, is a liquid fertilizer product with a nitrogen content that typically ranges from 28% to 32%. UAN can be applied more uniformly than non-liquid forms of fertilizer. It can be mixed with herbicides, pesticides, and other nutrients, enabling farmers to reduce costs by applying several materials simultaneously rather than making several separate applications. The most commonly used grade of these fertilizer solutions is UAN 32.0.0 (32%N) known as UN32 or UN-32, which consists of 45% ammonium nitrate, 35% urea and only 20% water. Other grades are UAN 28, UAN 30 and UAN 18. The solutions are quite corrosive towards mild steel (up to 0.5 inches (1.3 cm) per year on C1010 steel) and are therefore generally equipped with a corrosion inhibitor to protect tanks, pipelines, nozzles, etc. Urea–ammonium nitrate solutions should not be combined with calcium ammonium nitrate (CAN-17) or other solutions prepared from calcium nitrate. A thick, milky-white insoluble precipitate forms that may plug nozzles. |
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Aug 07, 2022 |
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Chemicals |