Hauv xyoo 1659, German JR Graubel tsim ammonium nitrate thawj zaug. Thaum xaus ntawm lub xyoo pua puv 19, cov neeg European tau siv cov ammonium sulfate thiab Chilean saltpeter los hla cov tshuaj tiv thaiv metathesis los tsim ammonium nitrate. Tom qab ntawd, vim kev loj hlob loj ntawm kev lag luam hluavtaws ammonia, kev tsim tawm ntawm ammonium nitrate tau txais cov khoom lag luam ntau thiab tsim tau sai heev nyob rau hauv nruab nrab ntawm xyoo pua 20th. Thaum Tsov Rog Thoob Ntiaj Teb Thib Ob, qee lub tebchaws tshwj xeeb tsim cov tshuaj ammonium nitrate los tsim cov khoom tawg. Hauv xyoo 1960, ammonium nitrate yog cov thawj coj ntawm nitrogen chiv. Tuam Tshoj tsim ntau ammonium nitrate factories nyob rau xyoo 1950.
Xyoo 1940, txhawm rau tiv thaiv kev ua liaj ua teb ammonium nitrate los ntawm nqus cov dej noo thiab agglomerating, nws tau coated nrog paraffin thiab lwm cov organic. Muaj qhov tawg tau tshwm sim los ntawm hluav taws hauv kev xa tawm. Yog li, qee lub tebchaws tau tsim cov cai tswj kev ua haujlwm ntawm kev tsim khoom, kev cia khoom thiab kev thauj mus los ntawm kev ua liaj ua teb ammonium nitrate. Qee lub tebchaws tseem txwv kev thauj mus los thiab kev siv ammonium nitrate ua chiv, thiab tsuas yog siv cov calcium ammonium nitrate sib xyaw nrog calcium carbonate.
Tom qab ntawd, vim muaj kev paub zoo ntawm kev siv ammonium nitrate, qee lub tebchaws xws li Fabkis, Soviet Union, Romania, Tebchaws Asmeskas thiab Tebchaws Askiv tau tso cai rau ammonium nitrate siv ncaj qha ua chiv, tab sis tau tsim cov qauv rau kev siv nyab xeeb khoom.