anhydrous

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In 2002, its radio stations in Minot, N.D., aired canned music as a toxic cloud blanketed the community after a train transporting anhydrous ammonia for fertilizer derailed and exploded.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 25, 2025

A fertilizer plant battered by Hurricane Ida belched highly toxic anhydrous ammonia into the air.

From New York Times • Sep. 1, 2021

The blaze was reported at 6:30am at a cold storage building in downtown Puyallup that reportedly contains 1,000 pounds of anhydrous ammonia, according to a post from Central Pierce Fire & Rescue.

From Seattle Times • Aug. 21, 2021

The pilot sat in an ejection seat that suggested the electric chair, in front of a fuel compartment containing 2,400 gallons of liquid oxygen and anhydrous ammonia.

From Washington Post • Aug. 29, 2019

Chromic bromide, CrBr3, is prepared in the anhydrous form by the same method as the chloride, and resembles it in its properties.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 3 "Chitral" to "Cincinnati" by Various