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Yes 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 si
by adastra22 2y ago
Yes 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.