The hazards of Ammonium Nitrate and 100 years of related disasters
Shipping and Freight Resource
NOVEMBER 4, 2020
Pure AN is stable and will stop decomposing once the heat source is removed, but when catalysts are present, the reaction can become self-sustaining (known as self-sustaining decomposition, or SSD). 240 tonnes of ammonium nitrate in sacks exploded after being hit by a shell from a nearby fire in a munitions train. Date:August 5, 1940.
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