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The mining industry explosive of choice is made by mixing ammonium nitrate with diesel (fuel oil).

Other additives (aluminium, etc.) may be used.

Jacqueline Akhavan, The Chemistry of Explosives, The Royal Society of Chemistry, 1998.

NH4NO3
  +  
Gas Oil
         
NH4NO3
+ Fuel Oil
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Interaction, Reaction, Process defined as:
Industrial Process: Organic

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