Why does dynamite sweat and why does it make it more dangerous when most explosives become more reactive as they dry?
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Fun side connection, but for the most part, dynamite “sweating” and crystalizing the nitroglycerin on the outside of the sticks actually _doesn’t_ make it more reactive, as the leaching nitroglycerin degrades extremely quickly. The “sweating” you’re referring to doesn’t make it “wet”, per se, but comes out of the sticks as a slime that quickly dries, crystalizes, and degrades. If you’re down for a quick explainer in the middle of a _three-hour video essay about a horror survival game_, SovietWomble provided [some wild research into the dangers of old dynamite](https://youtu.be/PUWg905fGTA?t=6027) in his essay on The Forest.
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