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Sandia Labs Researcher Develops Fertilizer Without the Explosive Potential
cylonlover writes "Ammonium nitrate is a commonly used fertilizer, but when mixed with a fuel such as diesel, it makes a powerful explosive – as seen in last week's fertilizer plant explosion in Texas. But it's the deliberate use of the compound in improvised explosive devices (IEDs) and acts of terror such as the Oklahoma City bombing that gives rise to even greater cause for concern. This is why Kevin Fleming, an optical engineer at Sandia National Laboratories, developed a fertilizer alternative that isn't detonable and therefore can't be used in a bomb."
The explosion at the Texas plant was not from mixing Ammonium Nitrate with Diesel fuel.
Get your heads out of your asses, you fucking idiots.
Is there some agricultural expert here that can illuminate the subject?
They're called farmers, and they have no internet. If you really must know, I'm afraid you're going to need to leave the basement to find out.