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Terrorists often use ammonium nitrate fertilizer as an ingredient in car bombs . When ammonium nitrate explodes, it decomposes to gaseous nitrogen , oxygen and water vapour. The force of the explasion results from the sudden production of a huge volume of hot gas. It has been claimed that `NH_(4) NO_3` fertilizer `(NH_4)_(2)HPO_4` Analysis of such a disensitized sample of `NH_(4) NO_3` showed the mass % nitrogen to be 33.81%
`NH_4NO_3` on explosion gives

A

20% `(NH_(4))_2HPO_(4) + 80% NH_(4)NO_(3)`

B

14.8% `(NH_(4))_2HPO_(4) + 85.2% NH_(4)NO_(3)`

C

8.62% `(NH_(4))_2HPO_(4) + 91.38% NH_(4)NO_(3)`

D

5.25% `(NH_(4))_2HPO_(4) + 94.75% NH_(4)NO_(3)`

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8.62% `(NH_4)_(2)HPO_4+91.38%.NH_4NO_3`
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