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Why does fertilizer (sometimes) explode? (video)

WASHINGTON, Oct. 22, 2020 鈥� Over the last century, the compound ammonium nitrate has been involved in at least 30 disasters and terrorist attacks. Under normal circumstances, it鈥檚 totally harmless and used in things like fertilizer, so what makes ammonium nitrate turn deadly?: .

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