Dynamite is not the same thing as TNT ... When I worked in a lab I’d get jumpy just hearing about chemical compounds with that level of nitrogen atoms. Nowadays I only read about them ...

Explosive Compounds for Engineering Purposes May 1, 1869 Share on Facebook ...

The story of how dynamite ended up in Glen Canyon Park tracks all the way back to its origins in Europe. Nitroglycerin, the highly volatile chemical compound at the center of dynamite, was originally ...

The subject of explosive compounds for engineering purposes ... and relative safety of other modern explosives. In California, dynamite, or giant powder, has been introduced into over 700 mines.

The explosion occurred at around 8:45 a.m. at the compound of the state ... was likely to have been caused by a chemical reaction during the production of dynamite. Prosecutors have launched ...

The dynamite had turned grainy and deteriorated to the point that the nitroglycerin, the compound responsible for giving dynamite its punch, had crystallized into wisp-like hairs resembling mold ...

The report estimates that acidic water and chemical compounds found in rainwater and underground water were 85 per cent the cause of the disappearance while earthquakes, dynamite explosions and ...