
Nitroglycerin Mystery Solved 25
Amon Hobbes writes "It seems that some scientists at
Duke University have unravelled the mysteries of How Nitroglycerin works [the heart medication]."
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such a big deal? (Score:1)
Whether you use that to make bombs or cure heart disease, I don't care, the principle is the same.
Hey, could this be used in laptop batteries? How sweet would it be to have a TNT-powered Crusoe Linux box?
Re:such a big deal? (Score:3, Funny)
Re:such a big deal? (Score:3, Informative)
Re:such a big deal? (Score:4, Informative)
Now, making a grenade out of nitroglycerin is easy, you just do the same thing you do with TNT and dynamite. You mix the Nitro with fine-powder sawdust, and it holds it in an easly managable paste.
Re:such a big deal? (Score:1, Troll)
Re:such a big deal? (Score:1)
Re:science "mysteries": a slashdot myth (Score:2)
Uhhh.... (Score:1)
I already knew how it worked (Score:1)
Sorry (Score:1)
OK, but who was the first guy to try it??? (Score:2)
sPh
Re:OK, but who was the first guy to try it??? (Score:1)
Re:OK, but who was the first guy to try it??? (Score:1)