[Elsie]

That’s the kind of tonnage stored only in underground bunkers.

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Ammonium nitrate

Chemical compound

Description

Description

Ammonium nitrate is a chemical compound with the chemical formula NH ₄NO ₃. It is a white crystalline solid and is highly soluble in water. It is predominantly used in agriculture as a high-nitrogen fertilizer. Wikipedia

Formula: NH₄NO₃

Detonation velocity: 2500 m/s

GHS Signal word: Danger

Other anions: Ammonium nitrite

Other cations: Sodium nitrate; Potassium nitrate; Hydroxylammonium nitrate

Main hazards: Explosive, Oxidizer

Shock sensitivity: very low

54 pounds per cubic foot

Conventionally, an ammonium nitrate prill with a bulk density of 54 pounds per cubic foot (0.865 kg/L) or more is considered high density prill.

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Lessee...2,700 tons = 5,400,000 lb or 100,000 cubic feet 

 

If this stuff was piled 10 feet high; you'd need 10,000 sq feet of floor space or a 100 by 100 foot building.

[RinaseaofDs]

A friend of mine was Army EOD for 10 years. He says it could have been NH4NO3, but the color of the blast was way off.

He ran down the list of stuff that it wasn’t.

He said that there must have been an awful lot of iron or strontium lying around in the same place. He said that or the building was made of red clay, like Georgia dirt.

[Candor7]

From Russia with love.