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It was stored in the same warehouse with fireworks, and in the videos you can see them explode shortly before the big explosion.
by dist-epoch 2y ago
It was stored in the same warehouse with fireworks, and in the videos you can see them explode shortly before the big explosion.
- adastra22 2y agoYes the fire was required to set off the ammonium nitrate. But that’s just to initiate the explosion, and there are many ways it could have been initiated. A single spark would have done the job. But you do not need to mix fuel with the fertilizer to activate it. It provides its own fuel.
- dist-epoch 2y agoMy understanding is that uncontaminated ammonium nitrate does not explode when exposed to fire. Fuel contamination is required.
- adastra22 2y agoYou are confusing with potassium nitrate I think. Ammonium is a fuel, nitrate is an oxidizer. Ammonium nitrate is a perfectly mixed explosive.