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RESEARCH ON THE EVALUATION OF THE LEVEL OF DETONABILITY OF CHEMICAL FERTILIZERS BASED ON AMMONIUM NITRATE REGARDING CERTIFICATION FOR SAFE USE IN AGRICULTURE
(STEF92 Technology, 2022-11-15, Iuliana Claudia Miron, Edward Gheorghiosu, Daniela Carmen Rus, Ștefan Ilici, Attila Kovács)
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Ammonium nitrate used as fertilizer is classified, according to Orangebook, as a hazardous substance in Class 5 Division 1 (5.1), oxidizing substances. Although, under fire conditions, ammonium nitrate burns in certain situations, the transition from combustion to detonation can occur. Such accidents have occurred in several countries, with significant quantities, including in Romania. Such catastrophic scenarios can occur in the case of nitrogen-based chemical fertilizers, in which case the manufacturing recipe (...
Ecology and Environmental Protection2022