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2. Contact explosive - Wikipedia

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   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).

3. High explosive violent reaction - Wikipedia

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   A high explosive violent reaction (HEVR) includes reactions ranging from a fast deflagration of the high explosive (HE), up to and including a detonation of the high explosive. The explosive wave may be subsonic or supersonic.

4. 1967 Dow Chemical protest - Wikipedia

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   Many in the university faculty were shocked by the battle and voted for a resolution to ban calls for police to intervene in campus protests. Three days after the melee, students marched on the state capitol to protest the Vietnam War, Dow Chemical on campus, and police violence.

5. Water-reactive substances - Wikipedia

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   Group 1: Alkali metals Reaction of sodium (Na) and water Reaction of potassium (K) in water. The alkali metals (Li, Na, K, Rb, Cs, and Fr) are the most reactive metals in the periodic table - they all react vigorously or even explosively with cold water, resulting in the displacement of hydrogen.

6. Bretherick's Handbook of Reactive Chemical Hazards - Wikipedia

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   In 1964, research chemist Leslie Bretherick read of a violent explosion in a laboratory, and knew that the same journal had reported a similar incident with the same chemicals 16 years earlier. [1] Realising that there was no central source of literature on dangerous chemical reactions, he set out to create one, combing through the literature ...

7. Minnesota Parents Who Locked Their Kids in Cages for ‘Their ...

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   A Minnesota couple has reportedly been sentenced to four years after they locked their children in cages for "their safety." Benjamin and Christina Cotton from Red Wing, were sentenced by a ...