subject: On Just Things That Go boom! [print this page] We know custom building, what about custom detonating? That sounds thrilling except when the person who said that associated himself to Al Qaeda. Nonetheless, explosives lit up the fast-burning wick of something that blows up. Whether these are firework displays, demolition constructors, or Hollywood flicks, the pyromaniac in us drools over the idea of fire, flame, or hell.
Technology enabled us to create man-made marvels using heavy equipment for a simple new home construction, the Taj Mahal, and the Hoover Dam. The same technology brought gun powder, which the Chinese discovered, to brand new heights even mixing other chemicals to detonate something. An explosive is a substance of immense potential energy that turns into kinetic energy by means of explosion. It is triggered by heat, light, and pressure to produce the same cause. The most popular of them all, or because of bias, is TNT.
Heres a quick fact. TNT or trinitrotoluene is different from dynamites which contain nitroglycerine. True enough, dynamite are more powerful than TNT as they have been used in quarries, mines, and even projects of construction project management teams.
Like TNT, dynamites are also used in warfare. On the other hand, TNT mixed with ammonium nitrate was used primarily in warfare. Bombs and other military explosives are based on the power produced by TNT.
With a short time span before explosion, grenades are used as anti-personnel weapons. Derived from the fruit with the same name, the thrower removes the safety pin and grips the lever firmly to prevent premature explosion. We dont want that, do we? When a fragmented grenade explodes, shrapnel scattered all over the area piercing enemy or enemies ensuring fatalities aside from the explosion itself.
Fireworks or pyrotechnics, more often than not, skyrockets in the air producing amazing patterns during explosions. Entertainment is the main purpose of fireworks. First used in China in the 7th Century, fireworks amuse through different patterns and brimming colors. The chlorine donor makes the colors during explosions more vivid.
Finally, we come to the most destructive of them all, or at least thats whats recorded. When the Land of the Rising Sun rejected compromise with the US, Harry S. Truman said an atomic bomb turned Hiroshima into a living hell.
The nuclear weapon has a devastating force that can eliminate almost all forms of life. Fission or fusion, or combination of both exterminate just about anything within the area of explosion. The mushroom cloud has a scorching 4226.85 degree Celsius. And thats just the first seconds. Imagine billions of TNT exploding at the same time.
That makes up the explosives we love and love to hate. Nonetheless, videos and pictures of things that explode create an either horrid site or a panoramic view.
