The achievements of the chemical industry have long and firmly occupied an important place in human civilization. Ammonium sulfate is used by people in everyday life, with its help they bake bread and grow bread in the field, make synthetic fabrics and disinfect drinking water.
Formula
In the formula of ammonium sulfate (NH4) 2SO4 it is clearly visible that it contains nitrogen in ammonium form. Nitrogen in this form is easier and more fully absorbed by plants than in the form of nitrates. On undeveloped, virgin soil for their transition into arable land used nitrogen in this form. 
And its presence in the soil layer has a powerful effect on the future harvest. The use of the ammonium form of nitrogen on the developed, cultivated soils will not give such impressive results, since it will pass from the nitrogen form to the nitrate form.
Physical and chemical properties
Ammonium sulphate is used in a variety of industries, including in the agricultural sector. In crop production it is used exclusively in mixtures with various tukami, since in its pure form it will not be a complex fertilizer.
Breeders appreciate ammonium salts for quick returns.
Did you know? Tukas are substances that add (add) to the soil, filling in the missing beneficial elements to increase future yields.
Physical properties: transparent crystals, colorless and odorless. In ground form has the consistency of the powder. Sometimes the powder may be light yellow or pink. Virtually no sediment soluble in water and formic acid. Absolutely insoluble in ethanol, acetone and diethyl ether. 
Chemical compositionA: Ammonium sulfate is composed of sulfuric acid, nitrogen and water. The quantitative ratio of these elements in ammonium sulfate varies depending on the effects applied to the substance.
Mineral fertilizers also include phosphorus-potassium, Akvarin, Kalimag, Plantafol, Kristalon, Kemira, Ammophos, potassium nitrate, Stimul, Azofoska.
Benefit
Ammonium sulfate is a chemical substance with a huge range of applications in various sectors of modern industry. In the production of food in the Russian Federation, this chemical substance has been used since 1982.
In the food industry, stable protein compounds are cleaved with ammonium salts. This chemical does not harm the health of people, with its help even disinfect water (chlorinate) in water intake facilities of millions of cities. 
In Russia, this substance is also called the ammonium salt of sulfuric acid, it is assigned the marking according to GOST: 9097-82. In addition, it is widely known as a food additive called E 517.
It is added to flour for baking bakery products (as a stabilizer and emulsifier): E 517 is a good nutrient medium for the development of yeast cultures.
Did you know? Lovers of lush bread should know that this pomp is obtained by adding ammonium sulfate to the dough.This chemical is also used in textile mills. With the help of ammonium salts, viscose is produced. In the biochemical industry, ammonium sulfate is used in protein purification. But the farmers appreciated the benefit of ammonium fertilizers.
For soil
Ammonium sulfate is widespread in almost all regions. Farmers were convinced in practice: the presence of nitrogen and sulfur in its composition - it is such a powerful starter in the initial development of crops, that if ammonium is not used, a part of the future crop is lost.
Agronomists should take into account that the use of this mineral fertilizer is advisable on soils with alkaline and normal reactions, since its presence in soils increases their acidity.
For crops
Vegetables, exhilarated by ammonium dressings, build up a much larger root and leaf mass than can be traced in control plots with the same, but not fertilized, plantings. 
In comparison, root crops or green crops benefit from fertilized plots. Particularly responsive to this agrochemical substance are potatoes, beets, carrots, cabbage and greens.
Recommendations for use
It does not matter in which climate zone ammonium sulphates are used. - They are suitable for any terrain.
Particularly successful is its use in the spring plowing the soil, its nitrogen component allows plants to increase the leaf mass at the beginning of the growing season.
You can spend another 2 or 3 dressings in the middle of the crop growing cycle. They will be especially relevant if weather conditions are unfavorable (cold weather, drought). This has a positive effect on the overall result from the cultivation of garden and garden crops. 
For what plants is suitable
Ammonium sulfate is useless to feed oats, flax, wheat, buckwheat, or soybean, since this fertilizer is not universal and is not suitable for these plants. But the use of this chemical for feeding cruciferous family gives amazingly good results.
The yield of cabbage, radish, daikon, radish, fodder and table beet increases significantly.
Potato fields
Potatoes react to the introduction of top-dressing with rapid growth, increasing the size of the potatoes and the starch content in them. The nitrogen component of the fertilizer prevents the potatoes from being affected by diseases such as heart rot and scab.
Important! The use of ammonium sulphate does not contribute to the expulsion of insects that harm the crop from the fields, therefore, together with ammonium fertilizing, it is necessary to treat potatoes from the Colorado potato beetle.The most successful property of ammonium is that it does not accumulate in potato tubers and other root crops in the form of nitrates.
Cabbage fields
When feeding with this chemical additive over cabbage, it is necessary to take into account the moment that it causes a rapid growth of the vegetative mass. If this happens, the plant will not have time to tie a head of cabbage, and the cauliflower will go to the leaves and will not tie the heads.
But such consequences are, if the farmers carried out such dressing at the beginning of the growing season of cabbage. Fertilizers can be applied to cabbage plantations or during spring plowing, or 10 days after planting 30-day cabbage seedlings in the field. 
Green beds
For all green cultures, ammonium supplements will be the best growth promoter. When they make greens easily increases a large sheet mass, which is important for a good harvest of spicy herbs. For dill, parsley, mint, thyme or mustard leaf supplementation with ammonium salts are useful at any stage of growth.
After the first mass cutting of greens, fertilizing with ammonium is obligatory, then the second crop will not yield to the first.
Did you know? Ammonium dressings are actively used in the cultivation of marketable root crops (carrots, beets, potatoes, Jerusalem artichoke). This adds a lack of sulfur to the plants, and the roots grow large and even. It is the lack of sulfur that makes the roots crooked and branched.
Mineral fertilizer is also used for fertilizing fruit orchards, which makes the products grown in them juicier and richer in sugars. Fruits last longer during long-term storage without rotting. 
Terms and Dosage
Applying chemical fertilizers to get more yield, you need to strictly follow the established norms of consumption.
Ammonium sulphate is also fed by grapes, garlic, apple, fruit trees and shrubs.Fertilizer application rate:
- on cabbage fields: 10 square meters. m. - 300 g of the substance;
- for potatoes: 10 square meters. m of soil contribute 250-400 g of salts;
- fertilizer is applied to the green ridges at the rate of: 10 square meters. m. - 200 g of salts.
Food in the form of an aqueous solution will be absorbed immediately, and the planting will be absorbed by dry granules in a few days. 
The general application rate of ammonium salts - 300-400 g per 10 square meters. m
For the prevention of the "acidification" of soils, the chemical is used together with lime-fluff or crushed chalk. Ammonium sulfate is mixed with lime (chalk) in a 1: 1 ratio.
Important! In the application of this mineral fertilizer there are no strict restrictions, the main condition that must be fulfilled is the termination of its application 2 weeks before the intended harvest. Otherwise, in the aboveground part of the plant there will be a high content of nitrates.In the resulting composition, you can add other mineral components. It is impossible to include in the mix elements such as tomanshlag and wood ash.
Benefits of using
This agricultural chemistry rightfully occupies the first place among mineral fertilizers. 
This is a wonderful substance:
- does not cake and does not need special storage conditions;
- no residue and dissolves quickly in water;
- not dangerous to human life and health;
- retains nitrogen in the soil.
Important! Ammonium sulphate must be stored for long-term storage under sheds where snow and rain do not fall on the chemical.Not susceptibility to caking agrochemical preparation allows you to easily distribute it on the ground during the spring digging (plowing).
To do this, the granules or powder are simply sprinkled in approximately equal amounts (based on the norm) on the ground. In case of uneven application of dry matter, the situation will be corrected immediately after plowing. 
Ammonium salts quickly react to diffusion with the earth, and all their components are evenly distributed in the soil.
Such property as solubility in water, allows you to quickly feed the plantations, and feeding can be done both root and leaf.
Since ammonium ions become practically immobile in combination with soils, the nitrogen does not leave the top layer of soil for a long time, does not evaporate, and not washed by precipitation. This contributes to the full consumption of fertilizer plants.
To prevent the nitrogen from ammonium sulfate from changing to nitrate form, it is better to fertilize the plantations with ammonium nitrate solution. This will not allow the nitrogen to react to nitrification with the earth. Ammonium salts are good because nitrates do not accumulate in the crop, even with complete non-compliance with the norms of introduction. 
When applying fertilizers with this fertilizer, workers can do without workwear and masks, since this substance does not emit toxic fumes and is not harmful to the human body.
As evidence, it is possible to accept that a chemical substance is used in the manufacture of food products, and with its help, protein breakdown is performed.
Did you know? In the mining industry, ammonium sulfate is used as a means of reducing the possibility of spontaneous combustion of oxygen in mines. To do this, it is added to explosives. The expected action is the subsequent formation of a helium-like substance after the explosion, which fills the mine voids.
Other nitrogenous fertilizers, although slightly cheaper than ammonium sulphate, are not expensive, but they are not so convenient in storage, because they lose flowability and become caked (urea), some can explode when overheated (ammonium nitrate). And ammonium salts will increase the yield on huge areas of agricultural holdings, and on small personal plots.
