Al-Khemia Report – Potassium Nitrate, Nitroglycerin and Charcoal Explosive Mixtures
The report reviews recipes for the synthesis of straight dynamite consisting of potassium nitrate (KNO3), nitroglycerin (NG), carbon (charcoal) and a sodium carbonate stabilizer.Straight dynamite, or nongelatinous dynamite with an active base, constitutes an improvement over dynamite with an inactive...