Which of the following fertilizers has the highest nitrogen percentage?

Ammonium sulphate

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Calcium cyanamide

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Urea

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Ammonium nitrate

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Solution

The correct option is C Urea
Urea $N H_{2} C O N H_{2}$ :
Percentage of nitrogen = $\frac{28}{60} \times 100 = 46.66 %$
Similarly, for Ammonium Sulphate, $N H_{4})_{2} (S O_{4})$ Percentage of nitrogen = $21.2 %$
For Calcium cyanamide, Percentage of nitrogen $C a C N_{2}$ = $21.2 %$
For ammonium nitrate, $N H_{4} N O_{3} = 35.0 %$ .

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