A Missouri researcher is studying a new way to use soybean oil as a replacement for diesel in manufacturing explosives. A new product was created to replace ammonium nitrate fuel oil called ANSOY. The products are comparable in size and performance, but soybean oil is considered biodegradable. Diesel has caused a hazard to the environment when a lot of blasting is used, contaminating the soil. After explosive blasts using ammonium nitrate, nitrous oxide gas is formed and can produce a noxious red cloud if there is a high enough concentration of gas, but gases are reduced when ANSOY is used.Key Benefactors: Military, mining
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