From: Eugene Leitl (Eugene.Leitl@lrz.uni-muenchen.de)
Date: Tue Aug 06 1996 - 04:00:28 MDT
On Mon, 5 Aug 1996 johnkc@well.com wrote:
>
> [ANFO details]
Though this is the extropian list, I would restrain from publishing exact
mixture compositions. This won't prevent determined people from getting
the information of course -- but it can save some lives in case some
dumbass kid or an aspiring terrorist acts upon the recipe.
In direct violation to the above: John, you forgot mentioning the
blasting caps ;)
> [ ship loaded with ammonium nitrate exploded ]
Since we are at that: the largest nonnuclear explosion in the human
history (at BASF in Ludwidshafen?), was caused by a large amount of
pure ammonia nitriate, where about 1 kT detonated, causing a very large
crater and very high bodycount. The explosion was primed by dynamite
charges which were meant to loosen the baked-together powder.
'gene
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