Ammonium nitrate prills used in ANFO at a potash mine. ANFO (/ ˈænfoʊ / AN-foh) [1] (or AN/FO, for ammonium nitrate/fuel oil) is a widely used bulk industrial high explosive. It consists of 94% porous prilled ammonium nitrate (NH 4 NO 3) (AN), which acts as the oxidizing agent and absorbent for the fuel, and 6% number 2 fuel oil (FO). [2] .

Ammonium nitrate mixed with fuel oil (ANFO) is commonly used in improvised explosive devices (IEDs). The development of ANFO vapour sensors that are small, inexpensive, and easy to use will enable widespread IED detection in the context of security and humanitarian demining.

2022年3月1日 · Ammonium nitrate/fuel oil (ANFO) is one of the most commonly used materials for improvised explosive devices (IEDs). Stand-off ANFO vapour sensors that are small, inexpensive, and easy to use will allow for the detection of IEDs in …

Additionally, the extraction of complex resonance poles is used to evaluate the electromagnetic response of an electro explosive device (EED) inside of an explosive charge such as ammonium nitrate...

Ammonium nitrate-fuel oil (ANFO) blasting agents represent the largest industrial explosive manufactured (in terms of quantity) in the United States. This product is...

2015年8月1日 · We present in this paper a field-grade method for the determination of the electric permittivity of the explosives used in Improvised Explosive Devices (IED) found in Colombia.

2021年5月30日 · Ammonium nitrate mixed with fuel oil (ANFO) is one of the most commonly used materials for improvised explosive devices (IEDs). ANFO detection is challenging because ANFO itself is not volatile. However, ammonium nitrate (AN) slowly decomposes into NH 3 and HNO 3 . 1 Additionally, fuel oils such as diesel are omnipresent and can cause a high ...

Abstract: The paper is focused on the research of effects of improvised explosive devices (in the form of suicide belt, vest, car etc.) using home-made ANFO (ammonium nitrate and fuel oil)...

In the mining industry, the term ANFO specifically describes a mixture of solid Ammonium-Nitrate prills and diesel fuel. It accounts for an estimated 80% of the explosives used annually in North …

IEDs are used by criminals, vandals, terrorists, suicide bombers, and insur-gents. Because they are improvised, IEDs can come in many forms, ranging from a small pipe bomb to a sophisticated device capable of causing massive damage and loss of life.