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Fertilizer goes from growing crops to making explosives!

ammonium nitrate fertilizer explodingCan we call it organic explosives? The world seems to be slowly moving towards building defence then fighting terror! The terrorists, to live up with their weaponry powers have learnt to use fertilizers to make an explosive! Yeah, they made it from ammonium nitrate — a commonly used fertilizer. Hence, there is a dramatic spread of terror and hunger at the same time! This fertilizer is also used to make a liquid explosive; the Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) uses to make rocket propellant.

A commercial grade ammonium nitrate is capable of making a crude bomb, having the consistency of a gel and thus can be hidden in a toothpaste tube. The liquid propellant used in rockets is also a potential candidate for liquid explosive! Hope this would not lead to a financial and supply dearth in the fertilizer market, leading to an increase in the crop production cost across the world, throwing food supply in to jeopardy.

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