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Sea ports administration of Ukraine says that almost 10 000 tonnes of ammonium nitrate that is being stored at pier 1 and 2 of Yuzhi port near Odessa
2020-08-09
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Posted by:Fred

#6  Thank you T.W. I wondered about this.

Does ammonium nitrate require fuel oil/diesel fuel to be an explosive?

Or can ammonium nitrate be detonated with a detonator?

What I getting at, is this: Does this amount of ammonium nitrate pose an explosion hazard without the fuel oil if it has a sufficient detonator?
Posted by: JohnQC   2020-08-09 14:15  

#5  But there are rules about how to store explosive materials in bulk

...but, but rules are oppressive and racist! Ignore the MAN! (so do I need to put a /sarc on that?)
Posted by: Procopius2k   2020-08-09 09:40  

#4  Mr, Wife says Big Bag is a technical term, also known as a Super Sack. They are sewn polypropylene or canvas containers for powders, the base 1 square meter, 1-1.5 meters high. They are normally stored two to three layers high, in fancier warehouses on racks but otherwise just stacked neatly and tightly together.

He says the pictures from Beirut show material stored exactly that way in Big Bags.

But there are rules about how to store explosive materials in bulk — amount per storage space, ventilation, and so forth, in order to prevent it exploding. It has nothing to do with the container itself, which are not intended to prevent such things. The photos in the tweet look like a stock photo to him.
Posted by: trailing wife   2020-08-09 09:15  

#3  We do have some spare bags though....pretty ugly.
Posted by: Thaith Elmeresing6163   2020-08-09 08:12  

#2  Some shrapnel air bursts and some sea bursts could make things exciting
Posted by: Thaith Elmeresing6163   2020-08-09 08:10  

#1  "Now are you going to pay attention to me?"
Posted by: Procopius2k   2020-08-09 07:56  

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