[Robert DeLong]

For those who do not know:

VOD - velocity of detonation
ANFO = ammonium nitrate

[TXnMA]

Thanks for catching that oversight! I've used those tr erms so frequently and so long that I just assumed anyone reading that DOJ OIG report wouold be familiar with them.

BTW,

"ANFO" = Ammonium Nitrate + Fuel Oil (commonly Diesel fuel)

Ammonium Nitrate is "deliquescent" -- it will absorb sufficient atmospheric moisture to dissolve into a liquid. aqueous solution.

A primary function of the (~7%) aded Fuel Oil is to stop the AN from absorbing water...

Thanks again!!

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...so much for today's chemistry lesson... '-)

TXnMA
  

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