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  2. Contact explosive - Wikipedia

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    Nitrogen triiodide explosion A contact explosive is a chemical substance that explodes violently when it is exposed to a relatively small amount of energy (e.g. friction , pressure , sound , light ).

  3. Future of Earth - Wikipedia

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    The biological and geological future of Earth can be extrapolated based on the estimated effects of several long-term influences. These include the chemistry at Earth 's surface, the cooling rate of the planet's interior , gravitational interactions with other objects in the Solar System , and a steady increase in the Sun's luminosity .

  4. Octaazacubane - Wikipedia

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    Octaazacubane is a hypothetical explosive allotrope of nitrogen with formula N 8, whose molecules have eight atoms arranged into a cube. (By comparison, nitrogen usually occurs as the diatomic molecule N 2.) It can be regarded as a cubane-type cluster, where all eight corners are nitrogen atoms bonded along the edges. [2]

  5. 4 Reasons CF Industries Holdings Inc. Shares Could Explode ...

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    CF Industries may have nothing to do with the potash nutrient that has faced rough waters in recent months, but its stock has under-performed nearly every other fertilizer stock year to date.

  6. Nitrogen - Wikipedia

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    Nitrogen is a chemical element; it has symbol N and atomic number 7. Nitrogen is a nonmetal and the lightest member of group 15 of the periodic table, often called the pnictogens. It is a common element in the universe, estimated at seventh in total abundance in the Milky Way and the Solar System.

  7. Solid nitrogen - Wikipedia

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    Solid nitrogen is mainly the subject of academic research, but low-temperature, low-pressure solid nitrogen is a substantial component of bodies in the outer Solar System and high-temperature, high-pressure solid nitrogen is a powerful explosive, with higher energy density than any other non-nuclear material.

  8. Table of explosive detonation velocities - Wikipedia

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    This is a compilation of published detonation velocities for various high explosive compounds. Detonation velocity is the speed with which the detonation shock wave travels through the explosive.

  9. Global catastrophe scenarios - Wikipedia

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    This scenario is unlikely in the foreseeable future. [138] Astroengineering projects proposed to mitigate the risk of gamma-ray bursts include shielding the Earth with ionised smartdust and star lifting of nearby high mass stars likely to explode in a supernova. [143]