ANFO - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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ANFO (or AN/FO , for ammonium nitrate / fuel oil ) is a widely used explosive mixture. The oil used is most often No. 2 fuel oil, or diesel fuel, but sometimes kerosene, coal dust, or even molass...
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Ammonium nitrate - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The chemical compound ammonium nitrate , the nitrate of ammonia with the chemical formula NH 4 NO 3 , is a white crystalline solid at room temperature and standard pressure. It is commonly used ...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ammonium_nitrate
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On September 2, 1998, with Don Wood as backup, I tried a mixture of diesel and ammonium nitrate. The video isn't very interesting, but here is the audio of that failure (AwCrap.wav -- a 280 Kbyte WAV file). Don did the video taping and was the inspiration for the title of the files.
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www.boomershoot.org/general/Diesel.htm
www.boomershoot.org/general/Diesel.htm
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About 4000 pounds of ANFO (a mixture of ammonium nitrate and diesel fuel) was used to blow up the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma City in 1995 ...
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www.youtube.com/watch?v=NVa5lkyrlyw
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Ammonium nitrate and diesel oil make a good bomb because ammonium nitrate is unstable. When it's heated, it breaks down to give off nitrogen, ...
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www.acfnewsource.org/science/bomb_prevention.html
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The Skeptic Tank text archives. ... ANFOS ANFO is an acronym for Ammonium Nitrate - Fuel Oil Solution. An ANFO solves the only other major problem with ammonium nitrate: its tendency to pick up water vapor from the air. This results in the explosive failing to detonate when such an attempt is made.
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www.skepticfiles.org/new/201doc.htm
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this explanation. Here a mixture of ammonium nitrate and diesel fuel started to lose mass at T = 90~ a mixture of ammonium nitrate and 1-50 oil started at T ...
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www.springerlink.com/index/LM2R561620268522.pdf
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It is a mix of ammonium nitrate and diesel fuel oil. It is mainly used for both open pit and underground mining because of its low cost and safety (as compared to other explosives). Often times TNT will be added to mixtures like ANFO in order to make a more powerful explosion.
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web1.caryacademy.org/chemistry/rushin/StudentProjects/C...
web1.caryacademy.org/chemistry/rushin/StudentProjects/CompoundWebSites/2001/AmmoniumNitrate/uses.htm
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formulation contains about 94% by weight ammonium nitrate and 6% diesel fuel oil. If recycled (used) lubricating oil could be safely substituted for the ...
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www.cdc.gov/niosh/mining/pubs/pdfs/ltlfm.pdf
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