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Michael Moroney <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>A beekeeper near here who runs a bee supply business sells sodium nitrate
>fertilizer for use in smokers (in small quantities in addition to your
>normal smoker fuel) I also found out (from this list) ammonium nitrate
>fertilizer also works. I tried this once or twice on a particularly
>ornery hive and it does work. Don't use too much of these, they're oxidizers
>and accelerate burning, producing LOTS of smoke for a short time, then the
>fuel's gone, or maybe a fire if things get out of control. Be careful of
>this smoke, while it's largely laughing gas (guess bees like it too!) it
>also contains nasty stuff.
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>-Mike
>
I would caution against doing this. Ammonium nitrate fertilizer is made by
reacting red fumming nitric acid with ammonia. It is an extreem oxidizer and
has a very nasty trait of exploding if burned in a confined space. Commerical
blasting powder is made from ammonium nitrate fertilizer. The only difference
between the two products is that the fertilizer product is usually coated with
diatomaesious earth. If a quantity of this were set on fire and it was
flooded with water an explosion could result.
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Carl Mueller
West Palm Beach, Florida USA
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I think therefore, I am politically incorrect!!
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