Fertilizer that fizzles in a homemade bomb could save lives around the world

[Queue Farms]

A cheap way to alter ammonium nitrate fertilizer renders it unusable in IEDs.


Mixing iron sulfate, a waste product from steel foundries, with ammonium nitrate fertilizer leads to changes in its chemical composition that keep it from detonating in homemade bombs, say researchers at Sandia National Lab in Albuquerque, New Mexico.

The researchers devised the formula in response to a request from the Department of Defense for ways to combat the use of improvised explosive devices.


Read Here : http://pakagri.blogspot.com/2013/05/fertilizer-that-fizzles-in-homemade.html

 

[theexile]

Have they researched about the effects of iron sulphate on the crops yet?

 

[Pakola Khi]

ایسی دوا بھی ایجاد ہو جو پاکستانی آرمی میں غیرت پیدا کر دے تاکے ڈرون ہماری سرزمین سے نہ اڑان بھرے اور پڑوس سے نازل ہو تو مار گرایا جائی​

 

[Queue Farms]

yes they do ...

“And iron-containing fertilizer added to the soil would be taken up in crops and help fight anemia and other iron deficiencies in people who eat them.”

Have they researched about the effects of iron sulphate on the crops yet?

 

[Queue Farms]

ایسی دوا بھی ایجاد ہو جو پاکستانی آرمی میں غیرت پیدا کر دے تاکے ڈرون ہماری سرزمین سے نہ اڑان بھرے اور پڑوس سے نازل ہو تو مار گرایا جائی​

 

[miafridi]

If iron sulphate is harmless to the crops then it will reduce the explosive material transport and as a result the bomb blasts will reduce as well.

 

[theexile]

Forget it, they will find something else :)

If iron sulphate is harmless to the crops then it will reduce the explosive material transport and as a result the bomb blasts will reduce as well.

 

[Humi]

If iron sulphate is harmless to the crops then it will reduce the explosive material transport and as a result the bomb blasts will reduce as well.

everyday fertilizer is used a lot in explosions? any stats?

 

[miafridi]

everyday fertilizer is used a lot in explosions? any stats?

Don't know about statistics but as carrying explosives were hard to carry, the terrorists came up with the idea of carrying fertilizers to the desired location and then make IED's with it. No one suspected the fertilizers which paved the way for easy carrying the materials and using it in IED's. Following is some news regarding it.

http://cpnagasaki.wordpress.com/201...-curbing-explosive-fertilisers-used-for-ieds/

 

[miafridi]

Forget it, they will find something else :)

Yes, but this fact doesn't mean that you should give up fighting. You should always improve your defenses or you will be grounded.

 

[theexile]

I believe in;

"Good Offense is the BEST Defense" - Cripple/eliminate your enemy before they can attack you..!!

Yes, but this fact doesn't mean that you should give up fighting. You should always improve your defenses or you will be grounded.

 

[Bangash]

ایسی دوا بھی ایجاد ہو جو پاکستانی آرمی میں غیرت پیدا کر دے تاکے ڈرون ہماری سرزمین سے نہ اڑان بھرے اور پڑوس سے نازل ہو تو مار گرایا جائی​

آسان علاج ہے- دہشت گردی کا خاتمہ کرکے تعلیم پر توجہ دیا جائے اورآرمی جائین کرلیں
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