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ammonia

[uh-mohn-yuh, uh-moh-nee-uh] / əˈmoʊn yə, əˈmoʊ ni ə /
NOUN
pungent gas, liquid
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On March 2, the ammonia plant at the Ras Laffan refinery in Qatar was attacked.

From Barron's • Apr. 10, 2026

Netherlands-based OCI, a fertilizers, ammonia and methanol company with a roughly 8.6% stake in Methanex, says the higher value “may provide additional flexibility with respect to potential future disposals.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 7, 2026

The Middle East accounts for about 20% of the global ammonia trade and 38% of the global urea trade, two of the most widely used nitrogen fertilizers, according to the consulting firm Wood Mackenzie.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 3, 2026

According to the United Nations around a third of the world's fertilisers - such as urea, potash, ammonia and phosphates - normally pass through the Hormuz Strait.

From BBC • Mar. 29, 2026

Perhaps it is due to complex brightly colored organic molecules produced when ultraviolet light from the Sun breaks down the methane, ammonia, and water in the Jovian atmosphere and the molecular fragments recombine.

From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan