LaborDayRN
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Dynamite was commonly used while building dams. Maybe they came across some that was left behind and it was very unstable.What reasons would there be for sticks of dynamite to be lying around?
Nitroglycerin is a powerful and unstable explosive that Alfred Nobel used in his invention of dynamite in the mid 1800s. Nobel developed this easily handled explosive to great benefit in his heavy construction businesses (roads, tunnels, etc.).
Does Old dynamite become unstable?
Dynamite was invented by Alfred Nobel in 1867 [7]. The classical dynamite explosives are not very safe since they contain much NG. NG by itself is a very strong explosive, and in its pure form it is extremely shock-sensitive, and degrades over time to even more unstable forms.