Nitroglycerin Detonation Test

Testing a few drops on Nitroglycerin on a piece of a cardboard box

Category:

Science & Technology

Tags:

• nitroglycerin
• detonation
• explosion
• hammer
• test
• bomb

[seqament]

this shit can detonate if you blow it away. don't try it.

[fluxcompression37]

@seqament It's actually not very sensitive at all. From reading about it you get the impression it'd blow up if you look at it wrong but in reality less sensitive than poppets.

[rocketpro22]

That was alot, but barely any bang.

[fluxcompression37]

@rocketpro22 A good portion of it was water

[you238]

Psh, my grandpa used to eat this shit for breakfast.

[edvthepyrowizard]

NG rulzes

[zombierobopirate]

this kills the paper

[NitricSynth]

@CarlMinez No... If that was in half life 2 barrels they would instantly detonate. The way half life 2 barrels behave it's nearly impossible that any known chemical or combination of chemicals could behave that way. You need incendiary rounds to get propane tanks to blow, and it's not a detonation. It's just a huge surge of burning propane.

[NitricSynth]

@fluxcompression37 Too many factory runaway accidents and problems with partially frozen NG with friction causing explosions caused a lot of misinformation about it. As it freezes at 57F it's hazardous to work with in temperatures below 60F. Completely de-acidified it's quite safe to work with, however that can only be done within a couple hours with automated agitation. Otherwise it will need to sit in a maximum concentration sodium carbonate solution for days...

[CarlMinez]

So that's what the barrels in Half Life 2 contains!

[davidmerritt625]

but will it blend?

[334683171014]

@fluxcompression37 So just find something to hold the nitro in, a lot of surface area is very prefferable you know like an evaporating dish, just set it in your garage for a couple days, be careful though because of the headaches, an acid vapor respirator from lowes works great for not getting the headaches while handling

[334683171014]

@fluxcompression37 You wanna know how to get the water out?? Ok i know they say salt water or using dissecant but honestly the way that works best that i've tried is i had my nitro setting in the bicarb solution in the sep funnel and some dripped out on my dresser, i didn't know it but a couple days later i found it, i removed it with a pipette and it was completely anhydrous nitroglycerin, worked very great and still not too sensitive to handle.. hope that helps

[BigBananaMan]

You could probably release a few drops from that onto an ant hill and wreak havoc Berlin style.