But widespread use of disinfectants and heavy-duty cleaners has also ushered in new research on “quats” — which stands for quaternary ammonium compounds (sometimes called QACs). Quats are a ...

Ammonium chloride: A surprising sixth basic taste may join salty, sweet, sour, bitter and umami "If you live in a Scandinavian country, you will be familiar with and may like this taste" ...

Researchers say ammonium chloride is the new sixth basic taste. The sixth taste would add to the five basic tastes: sweet, sour, salty, bitter, and umami. Experts say the ability of a species to ...

And then there were 6 -- kinds of taste, that is In addition to sweet, salty, sour, bitter and umami, a new study suggests the tongue might also detect ammonium chloride as a basic taste Date ...

Ammonium nitrate has caused numerous blasts over the decades, like the devastating Beirut explosions in 2020.

A tanker truck overturned Monday morning spilling the hazardous substance ammonium nitrate in Hagerstown forcing evacuations in the surrounding areas.

The discovery that about 30 tons of ammonium nitrate — a chemical compound used in fertilizers and explosives — were los ...

A 30-ton shipment of a chemical that can be used as fertilizer or an explosive is missing from a California-bound railroad car after rail officials confirmed it disappeared during a trip across ...

Thirty tons of a potentially explosive chemical went missing from a sealed train car in April, and no one has any clue where it went.

Global ammonium nitrate market size was valued at USD 15.53 billion in 2021, and it is expected to reach a value of USD 24.29 billion by 2028, at a CAGR of 6.6% over the forecast period (2022-2028).