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Dynamite is an explosive made of nitroglycerin, sorbents (such as powdered shells or clay), and stabilizers. [1] It was invented by the Swedish chemist and engineer Alfred Nobel in Geesthacht, Northern Germany, and was patented in 1867.
Its ammunition was not actually dynamite; the shells were filled with a nitrocellulose-based gelatin, and exploded by either a time or percussion fuze. Each round of ammunition weighed about 10 pounds (4.5 kg), 5 pounds (2.3 kg) of which was the explosive filler.
Knoxville Police later shared that blasting caps were found inside the 5×5 steel box alongside the explosives, and that samples of those explosives tested positive for a substance found in dynamite.
Nitrogen triiodide explosion. A contact explosive is a chemical substance that explodes violently when it is exposed to a relatively small amount of energy (e.g. friction, pressure, sound, light).
The single-most important thing to remember if a nuclear bomb is supposed to explode, he says, is to shelter in place. "There were survivors in Hiroshima within 300 meters of the epicenter ...
Contrary to urban legend, an M-80 that contains 3,000 mg of powder is not equivalent to a quarter-stick of dynamite. Dynamite generally contains a stable nitroglycerin-based high explosive, whereas M-80s or any other kind of firecracker contain a low explosive powder, like flash powder or black powder. [10]
The bomb was made from gas-pipe filled with dynamite and capped at both ends with wooden blocks. [8] From August 1977 to November 1977 Allan Steen Kristensen planted several bombs across Copenhagen, Denmark injuring 5. In 1985, Palestinian American anti-discrimination activist Alex Odeh was killed in California by a pipe-bomb.
Scientists have completed the construction of the world’s biggest camera after two decades of work.. The 3,200 megapixel Legacy Survey of Space and Time (LSST) Camera weighs 3 metric tons and ...