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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

`NO_2`

B

NO

C

`O_2`

D

`N_(2)O_3`

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`NH_(4)NO_(3)overset("Explosion")rarrN_(2)+2H_(2)O+1//2O_2`
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