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Liquid Explosives

Published on Nov 19, 2015

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PRESENTATION OUTLINE

LIQUID EXPLOSIVES

BY: KYLE AND NICK

WHAT ITS ALL ABOUT

  • Different from Most explosives
  • Main type is nitroglycerin
  • Very easy to disguise due to how it looks
Photo by The U.S. Army

HOW THEY WORK

  • Liquid explosive burn or decompose very quickly which produces a lot of heat and gas which expands very quickly
  • Combusts when a large amount of force is applied
Photo by Dylan

THE SCIENCE

  • Nitroglycerin
  • The explosion
  • Unstable as a liquid
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WORKS CITED

  • Wilson, Tracy V. HowStuffWorks. HowStuffWorks.com, n.d. Web. 13 May 2015.
  • "Chemistry and Properties of Liquid Explosives." - Springer. N.p., n.d. Web. 13 May 2015.