Accidents Involving Self-Reactive Substances

The OECD—IGUS (Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development International Group of Experts on the Explosion Risks of Unstable Substances) has 4 working groups, three of which are related to self—reactive substances  

These were supposedly chosen as subjects of research because of their use in large quantities and because of the history of accidents involving them. In the following sections, accidents with self—reactive substances, including those listed above, will be described. 

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Ammonium nitrate, both an oxidizer and a self—reactive substance, is still used in fertilizers and as a raw material for explosives. The following two are typical accidents involving ammonium nitrate. 

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