Anything that starts with “ammo” could be bad.
Nitrogen binds to itself in a triple bond. This makes it a relatively inert element. When Nitrogen is combined with other elements the energy needed to do that is liberated when Nitrogen goes back to its normal triple bond.
So they parked 2,750 tons of AN (16yrs old) next to a warehouse full of fireworks.
I hope whoever made that decision was nearby. It’s the only fix for that kind of stupid.
Rapid oxidation...it makes devilish fireworks!
If Hamas has the technology to manufacture these rockets, it stands to reason that they have a stockpile of materials to manufacture the propellant. Though certainly not in Gaza.
It is rather incredible how easily some are falling for what I perceive to be a rather convenient cover story.
With 2000 tons of fertilizer, you have a cover for pretty much any accident short of a nuke and only outside investigators would be able to conclusively prove otherwise.
That is, other than that massive crater...
This I posted after that blast. From a guy I know who worked in the mines on a blasting crew.
Just talked to a guy I know from the UP of Mich who worked on a blasting crew at one of the iron ore mines.
Said that that crap would not go off unless it is mixed with something-its fertilizer, and had an catylist to get it going.
But, he said it could go off if its stored in containers and had something to set it off. A spark Might set it off but he doubted that.
They used to use that stuff and pour it into 50 foot deep hole by 16 inches wide and then they put two caps down the hole at the 15 foot and 30 foot level. They then would cap the hole with crushed rock and the holes were 50 to 60 feet apart. They’d shoot over one mile of rock-enough for the mine to work for one week. All that rock ended up the size of grapefruit.
Everyone knows what they mixed it with.
If they wanted a stronger shot, they add aluminum ++++++++ to it.
So what happened I bet, is the terrorist were playing around with ammunition there and a fire broke out and it got set off.
I would bet that Hezbollah, etc, will be really welcomed round there now.
Fireworks. Yeah right. All I can picture is that ditz talking to Cornwallis in the movie The Patriot as the ship blows up:” oh goodie, fireworks!”
My unit was attached to EOD for a bit. What they know and what they say can explode (easy and available) was unsettling.
It was in that warehouse over 6 years without exploding. What was special about yesterday.
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We had some of that stuff, we couldn’t light it on fire, it was completely inert.
We mixed it with fuel oil, lit it on fire, it didn’t go off.. it just burned
Then we put an explosion on it and it blew up a stump.
I don’t buy all this story because I never saw it demonstrated from first hand experience.
Only thing we didn’t try was putting the explosion against the plain ammonia nitrate. But since it was inert when we were working with it, we would have expected it just to produce a cloud of dust.
We were doing this by the way as part of a demonstration I was assisting on for how safe these explosives were for mining companies at a mining festival. I pretty much just did the hauling and the mixing why the explosives guy did all the actual demonstrations.
If it was fireworks wouldn’t we have seen some flying through the air. I’m thinking something bigger. Pretty loud pops your can hear and see.
Look at that. Real science that can’t be politically manipulated.
Well, it was all of Hezbollah’s C-4 stored next door that really amplified the effect. :)