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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.

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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.


Are peanuts one of the ingredients in dynamite?

True Enough- Peanut oil can be processed to produce glycerol, which can be used to make nitroglycerin, one of the constituents of dynamite. However, there are other processes that can be used to make dynamite without using peanuts at all.


Are dynamite TNT and nitroglycerin the same thing?

TNT is trinitrotoluene. Dynamite is a mixture of nitroglycerin and an absorbent material of some kind such as diatomaceous earth or sawdust. Dynamite is safer to work with than either TNT or pure nitroglycerin as it's not nearly as sensitive to physical shocks (dropping, shaking, etc.).


Can fused dynamite detonate unfused dynamite?

Yes, it is true that dynamite that is unfused near a fuesed dynamite stick can "explode" due to the combustion of the other stick of dynamite "going off:. Yes, it is true that dynamite that is unfused near a fuesed dynamite stick can "explode" due to the combustion of the other stick of dynamite "going off:.


Why the reaction of decomposition nitroglycerine occurs rather than combustion when a bomb containing nitroglycerine explodes on impact?

The decomposition of nitroglycerine occurs in a bomb explosion rather than combustion because the reaction is rapid and uncontrollable, releasing heat and gases at a faster rate than combustion. This rapid release of energy causes an explosive shock wave that shatters the container and creates the destructive force associated with explosions.

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What are the problems of dynamite?

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


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 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.


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.


What does dynamite smell like?

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


Is nitroglycerin the same as nitroglycerine?

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.


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.


Is dynamite and tnt the same?

They could not be more different. Dynamite is sawdust or clay, soaked in liquid nitroglycerine, formed into a cylinder, and wrapped in paper. TNT is the abbreviation of trinitrotoluene, a flakey, yellow substance, often formed into a stick and used similarly to dynamite. TNT can also be used in chemistry to create charge transfer salts.


What was Alfred nobel famous for before the Nobel Prize?

He was an explosives and chemical manufacturer, He invented nitroglycerine and dynamite and evidentally had a guilty conscience about their misuse.


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.


Name the nut that is used in the manufacturing of dynamite?

Black walnut shell