What I like from pictures like this is they make investigate further. So basically these things are safe without a fuse for storing purposes.
Without a detonator, to be pedantic, 'though the detonator/fuse assembly is sometimes referred to as a "fuse".
The payload is TNT, one of the most stable explosives known (if reasonably pure). Might be an issue if it's stored at high heat or got drenched by bases, and it's highly toxic regardless, but yeah, you can store those stickies for a long time in 'relative' safety so long as they don't have a detonator inside.
Without a detonator, to be pedantic, 'though the detonator/fuse assembly is sometimes referred to as a "fuse".
The payload is TNT, one of the most stable explosives known (if reasonably pure). Might be an issue if it's stored at high heat or got drenched by bases, and it's highly toxic regardless, but yeah, you can store those stickies for a long time in 'relative' safety so long as they don't have a detonator inside.
Still doesn't make it a smart idea to juggle with explosives.
Still doesn't make it a smart idea to juggle with explosives.
You can melt TNT or hit it with a hammer (or a high-velocity bullet) and it still won't explode.
(*cough* synthesized some before *cough*)
If the detonator is inside, dropping the grenade has a low chance of causing the detonator to explode and set off the main TNT charge. Bear in mind that the grenade is intended to be thrown with the detonator inside and it's not supposed to blow up until the fuse runs out, so that's not very likely to happen either.
Badly degraded TNT (stored at high temperatures over prolonged periods) have cracks and with recrystallized TNT (and DNT) in them, making them far more shock sensitive. They'll still probably not blow up when dropped, however.
That said, you point still stands, in that juggling explosives (or any other hazardous material) is still a bad idea no matter how stable or 'safely' contained they are.
You can melt TNT or hit it with a hammer (or a high-velocity bullet) and it still won't explode.
(*cough* synthesized some before *cough*)
If the detonator is inside, dropping the grenade has a low chance of causing the detonator to explode and set off the main TNT charge. Bear in mind that the grenade is intended to be thrown with the detonator inside and it's not supposed to blow up until the fuse runs out, so that's not very likely to happen either.
Badly degraded TNT (stored at high temperatures over prolonged periods) have cracks and with recrystallized TNT (and DNT) in them, making them far more shock sensitive. They'll still probably not blow up when dropped, however.
That said, you point still stands, in that juggling explosives (or any other hazardous material) is still a bad idea no matter how stable or 'safely' contained they are.
The active ingredient of C-4 (RDX/trinitrotriazacyclohexane) is less stable than TNT, but the binder makes C-4 much more stable than TNT. It's also less toxic, and can be used as a fire starter since it will only burn instead of explode without the shock supplied by a detonator (IMHO, it's a bad idea to use it as a fire starter, since it's toxic.)
C-4 is also a stronger explosive (RDX even more slightly so, due to lack of binder, but RDX can't be shaped unlike C-4).
The active ingredient of C-4 (RDX/trinitrotriazacyclohexane) is less stable than TNT, but the binder makes C-4 much more stable than TNT. It's also less toxic, and can be used as a fire starter since it will only burn instead of explode without the shock supplied by a detonator (IMHO, it's a bad idea to use it as a fire starter, since it's toxic.)
C-4 is also a stronger explosive (RDX even more slightly so, due to lack of binder, but RDX can't be shaped unlike C-4).
NNescio, is there anything in this world that you don't know?
