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Urea is produced as a hot concentrated solution by the reaction of ammonia with carbon dioxide. Carbon dioxide is co-produced with ammonia and when used to make urea does not find its way into the environment. The concentrated liquid can be dissolved in water to form aqueous urea solution or as feedstock for the prilling or granulating process. The prilled urea tends to be destined for the technical (industrial) market and the granular product for use as a fertiliser.
The production, storage and handling of Technical Grade Urea Prills is managed in such a way as to maintain its high chemical and physical qualities to ensure that it suitable for a wide cross-section of industrial applications. Urea is produced at three Yara sites in North Western Europe and is shipped in bulk to a dedicated store in North East England where it is packaged for distribution in UK.
In its usual form urea is supplied as a prilled (small spherical particles) or granular product (larger spherical particles) although it can also be supplied as an aqueous solution. Urea prills from Yara are available as a treated product, the treatment is designed to enhances the storage properties. For some applications the treatment is unacceptable and for these applications an untreated product can be supplied.
Urea can be supplied to industrial users in bulk, in big-bags or in 25kg sacks.
Technical Urea is used to produce the glues used extensively in the particle board industry and to produce coatings for metal, paper, textile and leather finishing. It finds applications in the pharmaceutical, healthcare and cosmetic industries and is a source of nutritional nitrogen in animal feeds, the production of yeast and in the fermentation process. Urea can be used as a de-icer where the risk of corrosion precludes the use of other de-icers.
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