Pugsley wrote:
In article <1994Feb7.22151…@bcvms.bc.edu>, dese…@bcvms.bc.edu writes:
> In article <220326Z06021…@anon.penet.fi>, an68…@anon.penet.fi writes:

>>     It would really help me out if someone would balance this
>> monster of an equation for me.  Thanks.

>>     C3H5N3O9 +delta H —-> CO2 + N2 + NO2 + H2O

> 8 C3H5N3O9 –> 24 CO2  +  20 H2O  +  11N2  +  2NO2
>The question is, what is the delta H for the decomposition of
>Nitroglycerine?
>Oh, yeah.  It’s not how much heat, but how fast!

Check out:
 Lothrop, W. C.; Handrich, G, R, Chem. Rev.  (1949), 44, 419.  
for data on both thermodynamics and kinetics of such explosives.

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