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RB 47/00102 Ammonium nitrate and fuel oil as an explosive.
Published: 01 Jan 1959 Created: 04 Nov 2024 Revised: 13 Feb 2025
Author: Mansfield, L.L.

Ammonium Nitrate NH4NO3, a nitrogen rich chemical has been used as a plant fertiliser for many years. It has also been mixed with nitro glycerine and fillers as an explosive - the familiar A.N. gelignite denoting the addition of ammonium nitrate,...

Ammonium Nitrate NH4NO3, a nitrogen rich chemical has been used as a plant fertiliser for many years. It has also been mixed with nitro glycerine and fillers as an explosive - the familiar A.N. gelignite denoting the addition of ammonium nitrate, it has taken the place of sodium nitrate in this respect. The use of straight fertiliser grade ammonium nitrate mixed with fuel oil has been a recent development pioneered in the U.S.A. and rapidly gaining popularity in view of it being safter to transport, store and use and by virtue of its comparitive low price, approximately 1/3 the cost of gelignite.

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      Notes: Published by SADM in: Mining Review, Adelaide. No. 106 (1959); p: 9-13
Doc No: RB 47/00102
      Notes: Published by SADM in: Mining Review, Adelaide. No. 106 (1959); p: 9-13
Doc No: RB 47/00102
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      Citation Mansfield, L.L. 1959. RB 47/00102 Ammonium nitrate and fuel oil as an explosive. Departmental Publication - Geological Survey Geoscience Publication. Government of South Australia.
      https://pid.sarig.sa.gov.au/document/rb4700102

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