{"id":16757,"date":"2020-08-06T20:19:48","date_gmt":"2020-08-06T14:49:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/factly.forumias.com\/?p=16757"},"modified":"2020-08-06T20:19:48","modified_gmt":"2020-08-06T14:49:48","slug":"explained-what-is-ammonium-nitrate-which-caused-the-massive-explosion-in-beirut","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/explained-what-is-ammonium-nitrate-which-caused-the-massive-explosion-in-beirut\/","title":{"rendered":"Explained: What is ammonium nitrate, which caused the massive explosion in Beirut?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>News: <\/strong>The catastrophic explosion at Beirut port in Lebanon was caused by over 2,700 tonnes of ammonium nitrate kept in storage for over six years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Facts:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong>Ammonium Nitrate(NH4NO3): <\/strong>It is a white, crystalline chemical which is soluble in water.<\/li><li><strong>Where is it used? <\/strong>It is a common industrial chemical used mainly for fertiliser and is also used as one of the main components in mining explosives.<\/li><li><strong>Why is it used in Agriculture? <\/strong>In agriculture, ammonium nitrate fertiliser is applied in granule form and quickly dissolves under moisture, allowing nitrogen which is key to plant growth to be released into the soil.<\/li><li><strong>Ammonium nitrate as an explosive: <\/strong>Pure ammonium nitrate is not an explosive on its own.It is classified as an oxidiser under the United Nations classification of dangerous goods.<ul><li>However, if mixed with the ingredients like fuel or some other contaminants or because of some other external factors, it can be very explosive.<\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Additional Facts:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/lh4.googleusercontent.com\/wfNqClW66EIpUDgtrYTCUBteAL4hOuX31IMF7mcFVvxgcalPIKpcxtWotytjs-hanubKj49R60xxmVDQZI6uWq5EUwTjvDKxDHchQGsgpwdRvmjhhGQzI1JInWjz9-QurpoAVCTJ\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong>Beirut: <\/strong>It is the capital and largest city of Lebanon.It is located on the Mediterranean coast at the foot of the Lebanon Mountains.<\/li><\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>News: The catastrophic explosion at Beirut port in Lebanon was caused by over 2,700 tonnes of ammonium nitrate kept in storage for over six years. Facts: Ammonium Nitrate(NH4NO3): It is a white, crystalline chemical which is soluble in water. Where is it used? It is a common industrial chemical used mainly for fertiliser and is&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/explained-what-is-ammonium-nitrate-which-caused-the-massive-explosion-in-beirut\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Explained: What is ammonium nitrate, which caused the massive explosion in Beirut?<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":61,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1738],"tags":[2999,3000],"class_list":["post-16757","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-science-and-technology-daily-factly-articles","tag-ammonium-nitrate","tag-beirut","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","views":{"total":0,"cached_at":"","cached_date":1704817894},"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16757","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/61"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16757"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16757\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16757"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16757"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16757"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}