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Delhi Blast 2025
November 14 , 2025
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- A car exploded near the Red Fort Metro Station in Delhi on November 10, 2025.
- Investigators suspect that, the car might be carrying Ammonium Nitrate Fuel Oil (ANFO).
- ANFO is a common industrial explosive made by mixing porous ammonium nitrate with fuel oil.
- Ammonium nitrate is an odourless, white crystalline chemical that is commonly used to make fertiliser and explosives.
- It is a powerful oxidiser and, under the right conditions, can cause a massive explosion that involves the rapid decomposition of the chemical compound into a large volume of hot gases.
- The decomposition reaction from an ammonium nitrate bomb produces an exothermic reaction, releasing nitrous oxide and water vapour.
- They can expand rapidly (up to 1,000 times the initial volume).
- The reaction also generates significant heat, with temperatures reaching up to 2,000 degrees Celsius in the immediate vicinity.
- But on its own, ammonium nitrate is not considered an explosive.
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