What is dynamite and how does it work?

What is dynamite and how does it work?

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Dynamite is a form of nitro-glycerine. Nitro-glycerine is a very sensitive explosive that will explode upon impact or coming in contact with friction. It was Alfred Nobel that desensitized nitro-glycerine by coating it onto wood chips. Dynamite is a form of desensitized nitro-glycerine.