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I need help figuring out how to safely handle a bottle of nitric acid that has white crystals on the cap. I know that it is Ammonium Nitrate, which is explosive. How concerned should I be with this? I was told that a single spark could set it off. I am afraid to open the cabinet that it is in or to pick up the bottle. I want to dispose of this but am not sure how to handle it to do so. In other words, I don't want to blow my arm or any other body parts off. Can anyone help me out?

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ammonium nitrate is water soluble. just wash it off with plain old water. there is little risk of detonating it, you need to put a bit of directed effort in to do that.

Edited by insane_alien
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