A fertiliser but also a preferred explosive for terrorists, we look at what is so dangerous about ammonium nitrate
, citing the Jordanian Seismological Observatory, said the explosion caused a tremor that registered 4.5 on the Richter scale - the equivalent of a small earthquake.
But nitrate compounds also come with a downside, while stable when not exposed to flames and other potential triggers, they can easily be converted into explosives. It took just a carelessly disposed cigarette to spark a very similar disaster to the Beirut explosion in Texas City, Texas, in 1947. There, theNitrogen in itself is, demonstrated in the composition of our atmosphere, which is 78 percent made up of the gas.
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