Nitroglycerin, also known as nitroglycerine, trinitroglycerin, and glyceryl trinitrate, is a chemical compound. It is a heavy, colorless, poisonous, oily, explosive liquid obtained by nitrating glycerol. It is used in the manufacture of explosives, specifically dynamite, and as such is employed in the construction and demolition industries. It is also used medically as a vasodilator to treat heart conditions.

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Nitroglycerin was discovered by chemist Ascanio Sobrero in 1847, working under TJ Pelouze at the University of Torino. The best manufacturing process was developed by Alfred Nobel in the 1860s. His company exported a liquid combination of nitroglycerin and gunpowder as 'Swedish Blasting Oil', but the extreme danger as a result of its extreme instability, as shown in a number of "appalling catastrophes," led to the liquid being widely banned and the development of dynamite (and similar mixtures such as dualine and lithofracteur), mixing the nitroglycerine with inert (Nobel used kieselguhr) or combustible absorbents (e.g., nitrocellulose to produce the yellow gel, blasting gelatine).

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@jacksbileduct You could be standing under 37 stories of steel and concrete with a 150 gallons of nitroglycerin strapped to the support...
tylerusesoap (Tyler Durden) Sun, 08 Nov 2009 16:12:06 -0000
@jacksbileduct You could be standing under 37 stories of steel and concrete with a 150 gallons of nitroglycerin strapped to the support...
not sure how much i will be on - dad's not doing too good and using more nitroglycerin during night
artfanatic411 (Jill Harper) Sun, 08 Nov 2009 14:13:30 -0000
not sure how much i will be on - dad's not doing too good and using more nitroglycerin during night
@SateliteHEART put nitroglycerin in a plastic tube :L I got the nitroglycerin from fertaliser:L I love fertaliser :L
jaime_le_sexe (matthew martin) Sat, 07 Nov 2009 21:41:55 -0000
@SateliteHEART put nitroglycerin in a plastic tube :L I got the nitroglycerin from fertaliser:L I love fertaliser :L
If you were to add nitric acid to the soap-making process, one would get nitroglycerin.
tylerusesoap (Tyler Durden) Sat, 07 Nov 2009 16:37:14 -0000
If you were to add nitric acid to the soap-making process, one would get nitroglycerin.
@jacksbileduct You could be standing under 37 stories of steel and concrete with a 150 gallons of nitroglycerin strapped to the support...
tylerusesoap (Tyler Durden) Sat, 07 Nov 2009 06:12:16 -0000
@jacksbileduct You could be standing under 37 stories of steel and concrete with a 150 gallons of nitroglycerin strapped to the support...
Mom is in getting xrays and catscan. they have given her morphine & nitroglycerin and she's on oxygen...what a Friday #fb
madameali (Daphne Ali) Fri, 06 Nov 2009 15:26:54 -0000
Mom is in getting xrays and catscan. they have given her morphine & nitroglycerin and she's on oxygen...what a Friday #fb

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