Played with this stuff in the military. TNT is NOT the composition of industrial or military 'dynamite'.
Typical dynamite, at least the stuff we played with, is cornstarch binders +oil +TNT+RDX; and there were some compositions that were buffered with sodium carbonate. Dynamite, depending on the size of the stick and intended end-use, will contain well under 20% TNT by both mass and volume. Mechanical/chemical stabilization and reaction rates are more controlled in modern 'dynamite. For large construction and mining stuff, dynamite yields poor results, so tends to be limited to use for ignition of an oil+ammonium nitrate bulk-type explosive. Brian -----Original Message----- From: Richard Nute [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Friday, February 19, 2016 1:45 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [PSES] Energy in certain items > Does anyone know the energy [joules] in a standard stick of > dynamite, or a gallon of gasoline? Not the answer, but may be useful: 4,184,000,000 J = 1 ton of TNT For a comparison of energy in dynamite and gasoline, and for "The nonsense about gasoline and dynamite," see: http://home.earthlink.net/~jimlux/energies.htm#GasDynamite Rich > -----Original Message----- > From: Macy [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Friday, February 19, 2016 9:59 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: [PSES] Energy in certain items > > Does anyone know the energy [joules] in a standard stick of > dynamite, or a gallon of gasoline? - ---------------------------------------------------------------- This message is from the IEEE Product Safety Engineering Society emc-pstc discussion list. To post a message to the list, send your e-mail to <[email protected]> All emc-pstc postings are archived and searchable on the web at: http://www.ieee-pses.org/emc-pstc.html Attachments are not permitted but the IEEE PSES Online Communities site at http://product-compliance.oc.ieee.org/ can be used for graphics (in well-used formats), large files, etc. Website: http://www.ieee-pses.org/ Instructions: http://www.ieee-pses.org/list.html (including how to unsubscribe) List rules: http://www.ieee-pses.org/listrules.html For help, send mail to the list administrators: Scott Douglas <[email protected]> Mike Cantwell <[email protected]> For policy questions, send mail to: Jim Bacher: <[email protected]> David Heald: <[email protected]>
