MasterBlaster93
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urea nitrogen
All i can find for fertilizer is Urea Nitrogen. Would this be able to be used as an explosive, or would i have to nitrate it?
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See: "Rock Blasting & Explosive Engineering"; Persen or WTC attempt 1993. Approx 46% available nitrogen. Yet even at that a Urea-nitrate must be
used and multiple initiation points & an overdrive effect are best for the least bit of efficiency. Prill shape are poorly designed in density
level, thus crushing and or re-crystallization & large levels of containment. See patent literature for detail. Generally a failure commercially
or ANFO tank trucks would have picked it up due to cost from prill-towers. Any other use aside from cracking wide sections of "shale-type" rock is
basically a "no-go".
See ISEE publications re: low cost non-mechanical, high striated rock safety systems.
[Edited on 11-8-2012 by quicksilver]
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AndersHoveland
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Just because a compound contains plenty of nitrogen does not necessarily mean that it is an explosive. Unless it contains something that can be
oxidized, and available oxygen (such as found in nitro groups), typically there needs to be several nitrogen-nitrogen bonds in the molecule for it to
be explosive.
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MasterBlaster93
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I appreciate the contributions, but would it work? if it wouldn't alone could i mix it Aluminum perhaps. Would it work then?
[Edited on 12-8-2012 by MasterBlaster93]
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Since your knowledge of explosives appears to be zero, I suggest you read up on the subject . . .
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AndersHoveland
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Plain urea, by itself, is completely useless. If you try to use it as the fuel in pyrotechnic mixtures, the mixtures have trouble burning, if they
burn at all.
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