How Do Fertilizer Bombs Work? - Live Science
2010年5月3日 · A crude car bomb discovered in New York's Times Square this weekend was found to contain gasoline, propane and fertilizer, according to police. Fortunately, the would-be …
The Fertilizer Bomb - The New Yorker
2013年4月18日 · The explosion of the West Fertilizer Company plant in the town of West, Texas, has devastated the small community of twenty-eight hundred, killing at least five people and …
What Causes Fertilizer Explosions? | Scientific American
2013年4月18日 · That's because ammonium nitrate, a chemical commonly used in agricultural fertilizers, is a highly explosive compound, as shown by the massive fireball at a fertilizer plant …
West Fertilizer Company explosion - Wikipedia
On April 17, 2013, an ammonium nitrate explosion occurred at the West Fertilizer Company storage and distribution facility in West, Texas, United States (18 miles (29 km) north of …
List of ammonium nitrate incidents and disasters - Wikipedia
A plant in Bryan, Texas (El Dorado Chemical Company), which processes ammonium nitrate into fertilizer, caught fire at about 11:40 AM on July 30, 2009. Over 80,000 residents in the …
Weapon Of Choice: Making Fertilizer-Based Explosives
2013年2月25日 · Explosives can be made from a range of fertilizers, but it is far too easy to turn calcium ammonium nitrate into a bomb, says U.S. Army Lt. Gen. Michael D. Barbero, director …
Explosion Highlights Dangers of Anhydrous Ammonia
2013年4月20日 · A fertilizer plant in the community of West, Texas that exploded on Wednesday to deadly effect was known to produce and store a volatile and potentially dangerous form of …
Why Was the Texas Fertilizer Plant Explosion So Deadly?
2013年4月26日 · Ammonium nitrate was the primary explosive used in the Oklahoma City bombing on April 19, 1995. Bomber Timothy McVeigh and his accomplice Terry Nichols …
Beirut blast: How does ammonium nitrate create such devastating ...
2020年8月5日 · Ammonium nitrate, which is used in fertilizers and bomb making, is a salt made from ammonium and nitric acid, and it is highly explosive. The more ammonium nitrate, or NH4 …
Why fertilizer can be an explosive mixture | CBC News
2013年4月18日 · Fertilizer is commonly used to help farm crops grow better and make lawns greener. But one of the ingredients often employed in the manufacturing process, ammonium …