Comparing Urea and Ammonium Nitrate

Urea and ammonium nitrate are both great nitrogen containing fertilizers, but each has a different amount of nitrogen relative to the total amount of fertilizer.

If you were to compare the cost, you would need to know the ratio or percentage of nitrogen in each of the molecular compounds.

Let's build each of these compounds to determine which has the highest percentage of nitrogen.

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An animation comparing urea and ammonium nitrate.
Animated illustration examining the different nitrogen containing fertilizers, urea and ammonium nitrate. On the next couple pages, we will build each of these compounds to determine which has the highest percentage of nitrogen.

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