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	06/13/2012 10:00 AM Oppau Explosion – Ammonium Nitrate’s Deadly Beginning by cheme_wordsmithy Pathfinder Tags: ammonium nitrate disaster explosion oppau	06/13/2012 10:17 AM by PWSlack	1	424
	04/16/2007 12:15 PM April 16, 1947 – The Texas City Disaster by Steve Melito Pathfinder Tags: ammonium nitrate engineering failures industrial accidents	04/18/2007 8:19 AM by Steve Melito	12	696

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