Thanks for the replies. Looking at the "recent" tragedy at the Texas fertilizer plant, it seems that there was close to stoichiometric amounts of NH3
and NH4NO3 to create a near ideal explosion of 540,000/110,000 lbs of AN to ammonia.
For those who like things that go boom, you have to check this out if you've never seen it (and even if you have!!!)
The fun is after 1:20
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jzDC3iKbTzY
The amounts of AN & NH3 are listed above. The blast was felt something like 40-60 miles away. And to think, this was all because some guy was
cooking meth in a trailor He needed that 110,000 lbs of anhydrous!!
[Edited on 2-3-2018 by RogueRose]
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