Ten Facts About Explosives
- Explosives start off in liquid and solid states. When they explode they turn into gasses releasing heat and a lot of force.
- Explosives are used for war and also to make tunnels, clear land, and sends life lines for ship wreck victims.
- Almost all explosives contain carbon, hydrogen, oxygen and nitrogen.
- The gases formed when an explosive goes off are carbon dioxide, steam, nitrogen, carbon monoxide and hydrogen.
- High explosives change from solids to liquids to gasses in a amazingly short time as quick as four miles a second.
- TNT, RDX, PETN and Pentolite are all dangerous high explosives that can be used in war and for conventional means these explosives are very sensitive to heat.
- Low explosives move a lot slower then high explosive and are not as dangerous. Low explosives are usually found in gun powder.
- Explosives are a huge problem in Iraq since the chemicals to make a explosive are not hard to obtain homemade explosives are killing American soldiers.
- Explosives are rarely used a lone they are usually used as detonators for things like rockets and missiles.
- Low explosives usually act as a detonator for high explosives since high explosives are so sensitive to the heat a high explosive could just go off on a hot humid day.
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