ANFO

Noun

Meaning

ANFO (uncountable)

Initialism of ammonium nitrate fuel oil: an explosive made from ammonium nitrate fertilizer and fuel oil.

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For example, 65% ammonium dynamite with a 20% cartridge strength would mean the stick was equal to an equivalent weight strength of 20% ANFO. Source: Internet

The team brought about 850 kilograms of ANFO to Erebus this year. Source: Internet

A small geyser of snow shot into the air to mark where the team had set the ANFO. Source: Internet

He decided not to steal any of the convert of ANFO (ammonium nitrate/fuel oil) he found at the scene, as he did not believe it to be powerful enough (although he did obtain seventeen bags of ANFO from another source for use in the bomb). Source: Internet

Its "cartridge strength" would be its weight in pounds times its strength in relation to an equal amount of ANFO (the civilian baseline standard) or TNT (the military baseline standard). Source: Internet

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