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How do you mix nitric acid and glycerol without blowing your hands off?

Updated: 8/20/2019
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You don't. This dangerous process is almost never done by hand since the early 20th century, when safer production methods and less volatile alternates became available. The unstable result, the liquid nitroglycerin, can explode from the slightest impact or disturbance.

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