Nitroglycerin
Chemistry
Level
1
What happens when you bump into a table that has nitroglycerine on it:
The nitroglycerine starts burning
The nitroglycerine produces a poisonous gas
The nitroglycerine explodes
The nitroglycerine truns into a liquid
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1 solution
Nitroglycerine itself is sensitive to shock. Hence, it's only usable as an explosive when it's processed into dynamite.