Editing Ammonium nitrate (section)

====Mixture with fuel oil====
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ANFO is a mixture of 94% ammonium nitrate ("AN") and 6% [[fuel oil]] ("FO") widely used as a bulk industrial [[explosive]].<ref name=Cook>{{cite book |last=Cook |first=Melvin A. |title=The Science of Industrial Explosives |publisher=IRECO Chemicals |year=1974 |page=1 |asin=B0000EGDJT}}</ref>{{rp|1}} It is used in [[coal mining]], [[quarrying]], metal [[mining]], and civil construction in undemanding applications where the advantages of ANFO's low cost, relative safety, and ease of use matter more than the benefits offered by conventional industrial explosives, such as water resistance, [[oxygen balance]], high detonation velocity, and performance in small diameters.<ref name=Cook/>{{rp|2}}