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The actual molecule is not. In medical use you don't use pure nitroglycerin; you typically dilute it with other stuff. For example https://en.wikipedia.org/wi
by bzbarsky 10y ago
The actual molecule is not.
In medical use you don't use pure nitroglycerin; you typically dilute it with other stuff. For example https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nitroglycerin_(drug)#/media/File:Nitro.JPG https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nitroglycerin_(drug)#/media/Fi... shows that the IV solution is 40mg of nitroglycerin per 100 mL of solution, or about .04% by mass. I doubt it's very explodey.
Of course even if you want to explode stuff you normally don't use pure nitroglycerin either, because it's _too_ explodey. According to https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dynamite#Form https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dynamite#Form dynamite is 20-60% nitroglycerin nowadays. Still a lot more than 0.04%.