The Lebanese capital Beirut was rocked on Tuesday evening local time by an explosion that has killed at least 78 people and injured thousands more. The country’s prime minister Hassan Diab said the ...

Burning ammonium nitrate in an open field, for instance, isn't likely to result in an explosion, Rae said. Additionally, in the explosion, not all of the ammonium nitrate is used up and exploded.

The massive blast from 2,700 tons of ammonium nitrate produces enormous amounts of nitrogen oxides. These include nitrogen dioxide, which is a bad-smelling red gas, like the reddish plume of gases ...

An ammonium nitrate explosion produces massive amounts of nitrogen oxides. Nitrogen dioxide (NO₂) is a red, bad-smelling gas . Images from Beirut reveal a distinct reddish colour to the plume of ...

An ammonium nitrate explosion produces massive amounts of nitrogen oxides. Nitrogen dioxide (NO₂) is a red, bad-smelling gas . Images from Beirut reveal a distinct reddish colour to the plume of ...

Officials believe 2,700 tons of ammonium nitrate that had been stored in a warehouse since it was confiscated from a ship in 2014 likely fueled the huge explosion. Skip Navigation Share on Facebook ...

In 2010, the last year for which figures were available, only 2% of the nitrogen fertilizer sold in the United States was ammonium nitrate. That's down from 5% 15 years ago, Mathers says.

LONDON, Aug. 6, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- On August 4, 2020, a major port explosion caused devastating damage across the city of Beirut, Lebanon. In th ...

Experts and video footage suggest that fireworks and ammonium nitrate were the fuel that ignited a massive explosion that rocked the Lebanese capital of Beirut on Tuesday.

Fireworks and ammonium nitrate appear to have been the fuel that ignited a massive explosion that rocked the Lebanese capital of Beirut, experts and videos of the blast suggest. The ...