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  • oldag

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    The glass exploded from the shock wave resulting from the detonation.

    This is similar to the Texas City explosion (Grandcamp and High Flyer) and the West fertilizer plant explosion.

    Ammonium nitrate when heated can reach a liquid state. And in this state, it can detonate (not the same as an explosion). The detonation is much more severe than an explosion. The shock wave propagates at supersonic speed. Appears this happened in Beirut.
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    candcallen

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    I can see needing that much fertilizer for all the farm land in the city.












    Right. I'll bet some Israeli agent helped to dispose of that shit before it could b err used for "other than Fertilizer" uses. If not they are all saying "I wish I thought of that."
     

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    From a buddy who knows his shit...
    "I just watched the videos of the blast and the bigly reddish/orange cloud; Some commercial/mining explosives (particularly Ammonia Nitrate) produce nitrogen dioxide (NO2) when detonation occurs. This typically results in a reddish or orange cloud when mass amounts of Ammonia Nitrate are detonated (large surface detonation). There's also some commercial chemicals that when in involved in a fire/explosion produce NO2 and the same cloud colors (red/orange)."
     

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    The aftermath of what was initially being dubbed as a fireworks accident, has now been blamed on 2750 tonnes of Ammonium Nitrate stored at the port.

    Ammonium nitrate is mostly utilized in fertilizers. It has an RE factor of 1/0.74 compared to TNT. Meaning the explosion likely had a yield of 2 kilotons TNT equivalent, effectively the yield of a tactical nuclear warhead.
     

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    It looks like both of the buildings on the other side of the grain silos are gone too.
     

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