Ammonium bicarbonate - China’s bedrock

For the past 40 years, ammonium bicarbonate (ABC) has been a mainstay of Chinese agriculture. Today, however, its former dominant position is being eroded by urea. In this article, Fan Xiushan, Xu Xiucheng and Duan Ping of the Zhengzhou University of Technology look at ammonium bicarbonate’s history and properties, and the future of the industry in China.

China began production of ammonium bicarbonate in 1958. When aqueous ammonia was used to remove carbon dioxide from dissolved solutions to be used for ammonia synthesis, it was discovered that the resultant reaction product

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