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Aussie105

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Reply to Rhiannon12866 (Original post)

Wed Mar 13, 2019, 04:19 AM

Mar 2019

wet ammonium nitrate is more explosive than the dry stuff, apparently.

Also, has the long term detrimental effect of dry or moist ammonium nitrate on the encapsulating material been tested?

Ammonium nitrate decomposes slowly, releasing corrosive ammonium and nitric acid. Don't store it in a metal container if you have some at home as garden fertilizer, and plastics may not be safe either. Glass or stainless steel, maybe.

Sometimes, the thing you plan to make your life safer, turns out to be the most dangerous thing around you . . .

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Honda recalls 1.2M more vehicles with dangerous air bags [View all] Rhiannon12866 Mar 2019 OP

Thanks for posting. williesgirl Mar 2019 #1

I posted most of the article, just in case someone here needed the information Rhiannon12866 Mar 2019 #3

Looks like Aussie105 Mar 2019 #2

You'd think they'd have realized this by now Rhiannon12866 Mar 2019 #4

Thanks for posting Sherman A1 Mar 2019 #5

Those air bag recalls are nothing to fool around with Rhiannon12866 Mar 2019 #6