im sure everyone has seen sticks on dynamite in movies and history documentaries. they even used it in myth-busters a few times i think, but how much force would it really take to set it off?
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Dynamite and nitroglycerin are different but related explosives. Nitroglycerin is not hard to set off and things such as dropping it on the floor might be enough. However dynamite is made to be quite stable. It can be dropped into mining shafts and even set on fire without exploding. That makes it quite easy to transport. In order to set off dynamite you need an explosive shockwave already formed. This is accomplished by detonators that is pushed into the end or by bundling several sticks together and detonating one.
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