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Explosives questions

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What kind of fire do we mean with the letter D?
Fat fires
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Metal fires
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Gas fires
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Electrical fires
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The Class D fire use combustible metal as its fuel source. Examples of such combustible metals include titanium, magnesium, aluminum, and potassium. To extinguish a Class D fire, use a dry powder agent. This absorbs the heat that fire requires to burn and smothers it as well.
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The dynamite patented by Alfred Nobel consisted of...
TNT and lignite
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gunpowder and plastic mass
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nitroglycerin and diatomaceous earth
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nitroglycerin and ammonium nitrate
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Alfred Nobel found that when nitroglycerin was incorporated in an absorbent inert substance like diatomaceous earth it became safer and more convenient to handle, and this mixture he patented in 1867 as "dynamite".
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Nobel prize questions
Which one below isn't an explosive material?
TNT
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RDX
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DNB
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DMT
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TNT (Trinitrotoluene), RDX (Royal Demolition Explosive) and DNB (Dinitrobenzene) are all explosive materials. DMT on the other hand is a Dimethyltryptamine, one of the most powerful psychedelic drugs.
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Chemistry questions
Which acid is used for the production of explosives?
sulphuric acid
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nitric acid
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hydrochloric acid
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boric acid
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Nitric acid is the primary reagent used for nitration - the addition of a nitro group. Nitration reactions are notably used for the production of explosives, for example synthesis of nitroglycerine, the conversion of guanidine to nitroguanidine and the conversion of toluene to trinitrotoluene (TNT).
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