A gigantic amount of ammonium nitrate recently exploded in Beirut, killing hundreds, injuring thousands while causing catastrophic damage. Chemically, it's not at all surprising that ammonium nitrate ...

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The Lebanese capital Beirut was rocked on Tuesday evening local time by an explosion that has more than 150 people and injured thousands more. The country’s prime minister Hassan Diab said the blast ...

In ordinary circumstances, ammonium nitrate is fertilizer. But when placed under stress of heat and pressure, it acts like a bomb. transcript [screaming] [smaller explosions] [giant blast] [alarms] ...