Ammonium nitrate-fuel oil/Definition

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A definition or brief description of Ammonium nitrate-fuel oil.

A class of explosive mixtures, using ammonium nitrate as an oxidizer and a hydrocarbon fuel, and sometimes additives, widely used in construction and mining, but also in improvised explosive devices