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Old March 2nd, 2005, 03:47
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Quote:
Originally Posted by abramCO2
Would you know the chemical compound for Dynomite?
It's nitroglycerine absorbed into diatomaceous earth mixed with some sodium carbonate. Diatomaceous earth is mostly the fossilized remains of diatoms, a kind of hard shelled algae.

The structure of nitroglycerine can be found at chemfinder:

http://chemfinder.cambridgesoft.com

Sodium carbonate is Na2CO3.

Here's some info on diatomaceous earth:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diatomaceous_earth