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Q: Why is dynamite safer than nitroglycerine?
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What invention replaced dynamite?

TNT (trinitrotoluene). It is more stable than dynamite, which is nitroglycerine and wood pulp.


Is ntrogen in dynamite?

Yes. Nitrogen is in dynamite. The explosive ingredient in dynamite is Nitroglycerine. The glycerine molecule comes from fat, either vegetable or animal. It makes jello jell. When a nitric oxide molecule is added, it becomes nitroglycerine. It can be used as an explosive or a heart medicine. To turn nitroglycerine into dynamite, the nitroglycerine is mixed with clay and a few other chemicals.


How did Alfred noble make nitroglycerine safer?

He mixed it with an absorbent powder--today they use diatomaceous earth, but Nobel used sawdust--packed it into tubes, and named it dynamite.


What are the problems of dynamite?

Dynamite can "sweat" when its old. Its called sweating because the nitroglycerine slips out of the upsorbend material.


Is nitroglycerine the same thing as dynamite?

Nitroglycerin is the explosive component of dynamite but it is not in its pure form in dynamite: it is stabilized in a clay-like substance. Pure nitroglycerin is to unstable to be stored or transported for everyday used. It is very easy to set off accidentally, hence the need to be stabilized.


How do you produce dynamite from toluene crude oil by-product?

Dynamite is not produced from toluene. It is nitroglycerine stabilized in an absorbent material like clay.


What is Alfred Nobel most famous invention?

he invented Dynamite after much experimenting with nitroglycerine


Which acid is used in manufacturing of dynamite?

A concentrated sulfuric acid and a concentrated nitric acid are both used in production of a nitroglycerine, which is an active ingredient of a dynamite.


Which is used to preparation of dynamite?

A lot of care. Originally Dynamite was liquid nitroglycerine soaked into a form of diatomaceous earth. The recipes have changed, and are a trade secret of the manufacturer.


Is ammonia dynamite safer to use than straight dynamite in construction?

Ammonia dynamite is only safer if you poop all over it. Although if ur skills in dungeons and dragons are quite powerful, straight dynamite will probly be better. Especially if ur a lvl 12 priest with heal and dragon slaying abilities.


What does dynamite smell like?

smells like banana and its can give you a headache due to the nitroglycerine fumes ect...


Who invet the Dynamite?

Alfred Nobel invented Dynamite in 1866. He mixed Nitroglycerine (an explosive) with a chemical that turned it into paste and he shaped it into rods with blasting caps and a fuse. Hope that helps.