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  2. ANFO - Wikipedia

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    ANFO (/ ˈ æ n f oʊ / AN-foh) [1] (or AN/FO, for ammonium nitrate/fuel oil) is a widely used bulk industrial high explosive. It consists of 94% porous prilled ammonium nitrate (NH 4 NO 3 ) (AN), which acts as the oxidizing agent and absorbent for the fuel, and 6% number 2 fuel oil (FO). [ 2 ]

  3. Rocca d'Anfo - Wikipedia

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    Rocca d'Anfo in 2018. Rocca d'Anfo (English: Rock of Anfo or Fort Anfo) is an historic military fortification in Anfo (now in Brescia, northern Italy) adjacent to Lake Idro. [1] It was first built by the Venetian Republic in the 15th century on the eastern slope of Mount Censo in the Brescia and Garda Prealps. [1]

  4. Largest artificial non-nuclear explosions - Wikipedia

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    ANFO 609 short tons (552 t) White Sands Missile Range 26 October 1983 Minor Scale: ANFO 4,744 short tons (4,304 t) White Sands Missile Range 27 June 1985 Misty Picture: ANFO 4,685 short tons (4,250 t) White Sands Missile Range 14 May 1987 Misers Gold ANFO 2,445 short tons (2,218 t) White Sands Missile Range 1 June 1989 Distant Image ANFO

  5. List of ammonium nitrate incidents and disasters - Wikipedia

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    1988 Kansas City explosion: On November 29, 1988, at 4:07 AM two trailers containing approximately 23,000 kg (50,000 lb) of the explosive ANFO (ammonium nitrate with fuel oil) exploded at a construction site located near the 87th street exit of Highway 71 in Kansas City, Missouri. The explosives were to be used in the blasting of rock while ...

  6. MythBusters - Wikipedia

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    On March 20, 2009, the town of Esparto, California, was shaken and windows were shattered by a blast created by 500 pounds (230 kg) of ANFO during filming of the myth "Knock Your Socks Off". [37] Some residents were upset that the blast took place without "telling anyone". [ 38 ]

  7. Talk:ANFO - Wikipedia

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    non-sense is going on here - ANFO cannot be a low-explosive and a high-explosive as stated in the last line. as i understand, ANFO is a high-explosive since it exploding as a result of a detonation, which means the molecules is torn apart, releasing huge amounts of energy. low-explosives are based on combustion, e.g. gun-powder.

  8. High explosive nuclear effects testing - Wikipedia

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    Minor Scale test at the White Sands Missile Range utilized 4880 tons of ANFO to simulate an equivalent airblast of a tactical nuclear weapon. High explosive nuclear effects testing comprises large scale field tests using conventional high explosives as alternatives to atmospheric nuclear testing .

  9. Fandom (website) - Wikipedia

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    Fandom uses MediaWiki, the same open-source wiki software used by Wikipedia. Unlike the Wikimedia Foundation, the nonprofit organization that hosts Wikipedia, Fandom, Inc. operates as a for-profit company and derives its income from advertising and sold content, publishing most user-provided text under copyleft licenses. [12]