A farmer applied ammonium nitrate, a nitrogenous fertiliser, to a field. On the following day, he applied calcium hydroxide to that same field. As a result, nitrogen was lost from the ammonium nitrate. Which chemical reaction took place?
- AThe calcium ions reacted with the ammonium ions, producing ammonia gas.
- BThe calcium ions reacted with the nitrate ions, producing oxides of nitrogen.
- CThe hydroxide ions reacted with the ammonium ions, producing ammonia gas.
- DThe hydroxide ions reacted with the nitrate ions, producing oxides of nitrogen.