Self-Acting Formation of an ANFO Similar Type of Explosive under Fire Conditions: A Case Study

On 2 October 2003 in Saint-Romain-en-Jarez (France) a fire in a farm building triggered an explosion in which 26 people were injured. Police investigation, based solely on an analysis of the effects and on general engineering knowledge, showed that the explosion was caused by an uncontrollably gener...

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Autores principales:	Paweł Wolny, Norbert Tuśnio, Artur Lewandowski, Filip Mikołajczyk, Sławomir Kuberski
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Publicado:	MDPI AG 2021
Materias:	self-acting formation of explosives ANFO ammonium nitrate Technology T
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:8afc95de82f74c66883504054dc415512021-11-11T15:47:56ZSelf-Acting Formation of an ANFO Similar Type of Explosive under Fire Conditions: A Case Study10.3390/en142169801996-1073https://doaj.org/article/8afc95de82f74c66883504054dc415512021-10-01T00:00:00Zhttps://www.mdpi.com/1996-1073/14/21/6980https://doaj.org/toc/1996-1073On 2 October 2003 in Saint-Romain-en-Jarez (France) a fire in a farm building triggered an explosion in which 26 people were injured. Police investigation, based solely on an analysis of the effects and on general engineering knowledge, showed that the explosion was caused by an uncontrollably generated mixture of ammonium nitrate (AN) and molten plastic crates which formed an explosive mixture similar to ammonium nitrate fuel oil (ANFO). This is the only commonly known example of an ammonium nitrate blast taking place at its end user destination. Is such an explanation of the incident plausible and could a similar blast possibly happen anywhere else? The experimental results support this thesis of French investigators but raise further doubts. Laboratory reconstruction of the self-acting process of generating the explosive material confirmed the investigators’ report. However, other materials at the incident site could have influenced the final outcome too. The lab-recreated explosion of a mixture of AN and molten plastic partially confirmed the report’s thesis.Paweł WolnyNorbert TuśnioArtur LewandowskiFilip MikołajczykSławomir KuberskiMDPI AGarticleself-acting formation of explosivesANFOammonium nitrateTechnologyTENEnergies, Vol 14, Iss 6980, p 6980 (2021)
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description	On 2 October 2003 in Saint-Romain-en-Jarez (France) a fire in a farm building triggered an explosion in which 26 people were injured. Police investigation, based solely on an analysis of the effects and on general engineering knowledge, showed that the explosion was caused by an uncontrollably generated mixture of ammonium nitrate (AN) and molten plastic crates which formed an explosive mixture similar to ammonium nitrate fuel oil (ANFO). This is the only commonly known example of an ammonium nitrate blast taking place at its end user destination. Is such an explanation of the incident plausible and could a similar blast possibly happen anywhere else? The experimental results support this thesis of French investigators but raise further doubts. Laboratory reconstruction of the self-acting process of generating the explosive material confirmed the investigators’ report. However, other materials at the incident site could have influenced the final outcome too. The lab-recreated explosion of a mixture of AN and molten plastic partially confirmed the report’s thesis.
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title	Self-Acting Formation of an ANFO Similar Type of Explosive under Fire Conditions: A Case Study
title_short	Self-Acting Formation of an ANFO Similar Type of Explosive under Fire Conditions: A Case Study
title_full	Self-Acting Formation of an ANFO Similar Type of Explosive under Fire Conditions: A Case Study
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Self-Acting Formation of an ANFO Similar Type of Explosive under Fire Conditions: A Case Study

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