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Calcium cyan amide is used as fertilizer. Why?

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The main use of calcium cyanamide is in agriculture as a fertilizer. In contact with water it decomposes and liberates ammonia:

$C a C N_{2} + 3 H_{2} O ⟶ 2 N H_{3} + C a C O_{3}$

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