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Urea nitrate

Urea nitrate

Chemical compound

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Urea nitrate is a fertilizer-based high explosive with the chemical formula of CH5N3O4 that has been used in improvised explosive devices in Afghanistan, Pakistan, Iraq, and various terrorist acts elsewhere in the world such as in the 1993 World Trade Center bombings.

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