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11-25-2016, 03:41 PM
(This post was last modified: 11-25-2016, 03:53 PM by misto. Edited 3 times in total.)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smokeless_...provements
this part of the smokeless powder article and the bits following it may help give ideas about how nitroglycerin and nitrocellulose could be stabilized, thus nitroglycerine itself would probably be relegated to being a highly risky intermediate chem used mainly in pursuit of these stabilized powerful explosives
ether-alcohol and diphenylamine seem to be popular stabilizers. it appears that too much stabilizer weakens the resulting mixture's power, but too little of course reduces the explosive's stability and safe storage shelf life.
so, perhaps this could be translated into a fun little mini-game where your amount of stabilizer acts as a sort of "secondary fuse". you can add a very little stabilizer to ensure you have a powerful explosion at the risk of it eventually depleting in your pocket and your own bomb killing you, but it would not be a concern if you use the explosive as quick as you can after making it. conversely, you could sacrifice explosive power by adding lots of stabilizer to keep your bomb safe in your pocket for a longer period of time till the time is right to ignite it.
this part of the smokeless powder article and the bits following it may help give ideas about how nitroglycerin and nitrocellulose could be stabilized, thus nitroglycerine itself would probably be relegated to being a highly risky intermediate chem used mainly in pursuit of these stabilized powerful explosives
ether-alcohol and diphenylamine seem to be popular stabilizers. it appears that too much stabilizer weakens the resulting mixture's power, but too little of course reduces the explosive's stability and safe storage shelf life.
so, perhaps this could be translated into a fun little mini-game where your amount of stabilizer acts as a sort of "secondary fuse". you can add a very little stabilizer to ensure you have a powerful explosion at the risk of it eventually depleting in your pocket and your own bomb killing you, but it would not be a concern if you use the explosive as quick as you can after making it. conversely, you could sacrifice explosive power by adding lots of stabilizer to keep your bomb safe in your pocket for a longer period of time till the time is right to ignite it.