About 60,000 pounds of ammonium nitrate was lost while being shipped. KQED Ammonium nitrate was the main ingredient in Timothy McVeigh’s 1995 bomb in Oklahoma City. AP ...

Ammonium nitrate has the chemical formula NH₄NO₃. Produced as small porous pellets, or “prills”, it’s one of the world’s most widely used fertilisers.

Ammonium nitrate on its own is not itself classified as dangerous. PARIS and LONDON -- An explosion at a warehouse stocked with 2,750 tons of ammonium nitrate in the Beirut port changed the face ...

The original buyers of the ammonium nitrate that was left at Beirut’s port have told CNN that it had been bought for use in mining. Fábrica de Explosivos Moçambique (FEM), a Mozambican ...

The chemical, ammonium nitrate, is relatively harmless by itself but has caused deadly explosions in industrial accidents and has been used in targeted attacks. By Amanda Holpuch and Joshua ...

Ammonium nitrate was among the chemicals stored in a warehouse in China's northern city of Tianjin that ignited in 2015, triggering a blast that killed at least 165 people and caused over $1 ...

The ammonium nitrate travelled from Wyoming in a sealed car that was still sealed when it arrived in California. By Erin Marquis May 22, 2023 10:20 am EST. Bing ...

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 ...

It’s been one week since several tons of ammonium nitrate exploded in Beirut, Lebanon, killing at least 171 people and injuring thousands more. NBC 7 Investigates wanted to know how much of the ...

HOUSTON — Tuesday’s deadly explosion in Beirut is being blamed on fireworks and ammonium nitrate. More than 100 people were killed and thousands more injured in the massive blast. The scale of ...

Ammonium nitrate decomposition can be set off if an explosion occurs where it’s stored, if there is an intense fire nearby. The latter is what happened in the 2015 Tianjin explosion, ...