Five years on from the devastating port explosion in Beirut, tighter regulations concerning the shipping, handling and storage of goods have been introduced to prevent such a tragedy from happening ...

Ammonium nitrate has become an important chemical, used in building, mining, and food production across the world. Here is what you should know about the dangerous, widely used compound.

The global ammonium nitrate market is expected to post a CAGR of over 3% during 2018-2022, according to the latest research report by Technavio.

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Despite many ammonium nitrate accidents over many years, CSB found that wooden buildings remain the norm for storage of the chemical. In addition, CSB also found the last OSHA inspection at the ...

El Dorado has experienced problems at its facilities in the past. In 2009, its Bryan plant, which handles ammonium nitrate in addition to other chemicals, burned to the ground but didn’t explode.

When ammonium nitrate explodes, it produces a type of explosion referred to as a deflagration. Deflagration is a rapid auto combustion that occurs at a subsonic speed, less than 1,250 feet per second.

Many Americans were introduced to the dangers of ammonium nitrate from the destruction of the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma City, Okla. by white supremacists in 1995.