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Old Sep 17, 2009 | 7:34 pm
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Originally Posted by Flaflyer
TNT is a solid at room temperature. It melts at 176 degrees F. It is very stable even when melted. True, it would never make it to the airport as a liquid, but only because it is hard to get to the checkpoint with any liquid heated to over 176 degrees F.

The Bojinka plot used nitroglycerin, which is liquid at room temperature and is not stable. (It is also not TNT.) It is more stable absorbed onto something. Mr. Nobel soaked it into diatomaceous earth and created dynamite in 1867. Bojinka soaked nitroglycerin onto cotton balls. There was no TNT involved, solid or liquid.

Making incorect chemistry statements makes you look like the management at TSA who think water is a high explosive. Hint: Please double check your chemistry if you are not a chemist. Wiki is wonderful for this.
Thanks for the correction. Fixed it. Not sure about the comparison though.
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