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What is ammonal?(a) a mixture of aluminium powder with ammonium nitrite(b) a mixture of aluminium powder with ammonium nitrate(c) a mixture of aluminium powder with ammonium sulphate(d) a mixture of aluminium powder with ammonium chlorideThis question was posed to me in an online quiz.My question comes from p-Block Elements topic in chapter p-Block Elements of Chemistry – Class 11

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Right choice is (b) a mixture of aluminium POWDER with ammonium nitrate

Explanation: A mixture of aluminium powder with ammonium nitrate is called ammonal and is used in bombs with a ratio of 5:95. Here the aluminium ACTS as a fuel and ammonium nitrate as an OXIDIZER, it was first used in the YEAR 1916 by the britishers near MINES.



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