2020 · Q54
In August 2020, a blast has taken place at Beirut killing about one hundred people and thousand wounded. The blast was caused by
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- Adynamite
- Bammonium nitrate
- CRDX
- Dmercury nitride
Explanation
The August 2020 explosion at the Beirut port, which killed about a hundred people and wounded thousands, was caused by the detonation of roughly 2,750 tonnes of ammonium nitrate stored unsafely at the port. It was not caused by dynamite, RDX or mercury nitride. The correct answer is ammonium nitrate.