A gigantic amount of ammonium nitrate recently exploded in Beirut, killing hundreds, injuring thousands while causing catastrophic damage. Chemically, it's not at all surprising that ammonium nitrate ...

Three hundred and fifty kilograms of ammonium nitrate – an odourless, white crystalline chemical that is a powerful oxidiser and, under the right conditions, can cause a massive explosion – were ...

Ammonium nitrate, a common agricultural fertilizer, is best known as an ingredient in the explosive that was used in the World Trade Center bombing in 1993 and the Oklahoma City Federal Building ...

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Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I'm a South London-based technology journalist, consultant and author This article is more than 5 years old. Ammonium nitrate, the ...

In ordinary circumstances, ammonium nitrate is fertilizer. But when placed under stress of heat and pressure, it acts like a bomb. By John Ismay John Ismay was a bomb disposal officer in the U.S. Navy ...

February 14, 2012: The United States is trying to get fertilizer manufacturers to produce less explosive products. That's because terrorists increasingly use ammonium nitrate (a commonly used ...

John Ismay was a bomb disposal officer in the U.S. Navy before he became a reporter for The New York Times Magazine’s At War section. Here is the information he has gathered about the explosion in ...