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FUNFACT #Germany #Oppau (#Lebanon #Beirut) #Ammoniumnitrat #Explosion
100 years ago
Measured by the number of victims, the explosion at the Oppau nitrogen works was the biggest accident in the history of the German chemical industry and the biggest civilian explosion in Germany.
100 years ago
Measured by the number of victims, the explosion at the Oppau nitrogen works was the biggest accident in the history of the German chemical industry and the biggest civilian explosion in Germany.
On the morning of September 21, 1921, at 7:32 a.m. in the factory of the Badische Anilin- & Soda-Fabrik, in Oppau, today part of Ludwigshafen am Rhein, there were two explosions of about 400 tons of ammonium sulfate nitrate, a fertilizer, in quick succession.
The catastrophe was triggered by the targeted use of loosening explosions within the fertilizer, which had a tendency to clump, which until then had been considered safe. The detonations damaged buildings 75 km from the scene of the accident.
#BREAKING NEWS
(-RE) #LEAK @TimesofIsrael
#GERMANY #LEBANON #HEZBOLLAH #Ammoniumnitrat
#Beirut
Almost 3000 (2750) tons of ammonium nitrate are said to have triggered the massive detonation that shook the Lebanese capital Beirut on Tuesday evening.
(-RE) #LEAK @TimesofIsrael
#GERMANY #LEBANON #HEZBOLLAH #Ammoniumnitrat
#Beirut
Almost 3000 (2750) tons of ammonium nitrate are said to have triggered the massive detonation that shook the Lebanese capital Beirut on Tuesday evening.
The chemical is a salt of ammonia and nitric acid. It is used both in the manufacture of fertilizers and in the production of explosives. Now it became known that the Shiite militia Hezbollah, based in Lebanon, also had access to ammonium nitrate in #Germany.
According to my own information, I can confirm that there were finds of ammonium nitrate in southern Germany. The local authorities discovered this find and destroyed it accordingly.
