This makes it more dangerous because if a fire reaches it, the chemical reaction ... a powerful blast, ammonium nitrate has been used by armies around the world as an explosive.

Why was the explosion so massive? "The plant uses ammonium nitrate in fertilizer production, the same chemical used in 1995's Oklahoma City Bombing," says Siobhan Morris at Newstalk 1010.

The explosion's shockwave blew out ... dangerous because if a fire reaches it, the chemical reaction will be much more intense. Ammonium nitrate has been associated with deadly industrial accidents.

Ammonium nitrate was what made the explosion at the West, Texas, fertilizer plant in 2013 so destructive. The chemical is typically used in fertilizers, cold packs, and explosives. Takata used ...

The lawn and garden fertilizer plant is home to more than 300 tons of ammonium nitrate, and officials feared a potential explosion. According to local media, the fire started Monday night.

A cargo ship packed with potentially explosive ammonium nitrate remains adrift in the English Channel off the coast of France. The Maltese-registered Ruby is carrying 20,000 tonnes of the chemical ...

Ammonium nitrate is a fertiliser which caused a huge explosion in Beruit in 2020, killing 218 people, after it was stored incorrectly. Ruby, the damaged cargo ship, has now left Margate.

While the cause of the explosion was not immediately known, local media citing the country’s authorities said that ammonium nitrate stored in the port may have triggered the blast. The explosion ...

When improperly stored or exposed to stressors like heat and pressure, ammonium nitrate can become highly unstable and explosive. Notably, ammonium nitrate was the same substance responsible for ...

United in grief and anger, families of the victims and several thousand Lebanese marked one year since the horrific explosion at ... nearly 3,000 tons of ammonium nitrate stored in a port warehouse.

Aboard the ship are 22,046 tons of explosive ammonium nitrate, which is seven times ... "The goal is probably more to test ...