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Parent topics
- Explosives [r]: Explosive agent; a compound or mixture susceptible of a rapid chemical reaction, as gunpowder, or nitroglycerin. [e]
- Fertilizer [r]: Add brief definition or description
Subtopics
- Amatol [r]: WWII explosive mixtures with various ratios of ammonium nitrate, TNT and sometimes aluminium powder [e]
- Ammonal [r]: Usually considered an explosive mixture of ammonium nitrate, aluminium powder, and an organic fuel/binder such as fuel oil or charcoal; the term sometimes is used synonymously with amatol, a mixture that includes TNT [e]
- Ammonium nitrate-fuel oil [r]: A class of explosive mixtures, using ammonium nitrate as an oxidizer and a hydrocarbon fuel, and sometimes additives, widely used in construction and mining, but also in improvised explosive devices [e]
- Minol [r]: WWII explosive, used primarily in naval weapons such as depth charges, antisubmarine mortars and naval mines; composed of 40% TNT, 40% ammonium nitrate, 20% aluminium powder [e]
Incidents
- 1921 Oppau explosion [r]: Add brief definition or description
- 1947 Texas City disaster [r]: Add brief definition or description
- 1988 Kansas City, Missouri arson [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Oklahoma City bombing [r]: The 1995 bombing of the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, killing 168, by Timothy McVeigh, and a collaborator, Terry Nichols, with an anti-government agenda. [e]
- 2001 Tolouse disaster [r]: Add brief definition or description
- 2004 Ryongchon disaster [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Ammonia [r]: A chemical compound (NH3) of nitrogen and hydrogen, occurring as a gas with a characteristic odour under standard conditions. [e]
- Nitric acid [r]: A pretty strong inorganic acid and oxidizing agent having the chemical formula HNO3, which is a clear, corrosive liquid at room temperature and pressure [e]