What causes old dynamite to “sweat” and why is that so dangerous?
In: Chemistry
Dynamite is nitroglycerin, an explosive liquid, which is absorbed into some solid powder. Over time, it’s not going to stay perfectly in the sorbent, so the nitroglycerin will start to leak out. This is particularly dangerous because nitroglycerin is a pressure-sensitive explosive, so being just out and about like that it’s prone to exploding if bumped too hard.
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