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Ammonium nitrate plus a small amount of reducing agent (carbon or hydrocarbon) can explode to nitrogen, carbon dioxide and water.

In the mining industry, diesel is the preferred hydrocarbon.

The reaction is a disproportionation with respect to nitrogen which is oxidised from -3 to 0 and reduced from +5 to 0.

2
NH4NO3
  +  
C
         
2
N2
  +  
CO2
  +  
4
H2O
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Ammonium nitrate     Reactions Using    Reactions Forming
Carbon     Reactions Using    Reactions Forming
Nitrogen     Reactions Using    Reactions Forming
Carbon dioxide     Reactions Using    Reactions Forming
Water     Reactions Using    Reactions Forming

Interaction, Reaction, Process defined as:
British A-Level Chemistry: AS
Disproportionation
Redox
Reduction: Of Substrate By Reagent

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