Blasting gelatine
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Blasting gelatine is an explosive invented by Alfred Nobel. It is a jelly-like mass which is produced by mixing warm nitroglycerin with 7 to 8% nitrocellulose. This mixture is more stable than pure nitroglycerin and can be safely transported. It is widely used in demolition due to its relative safety and high energy. Dynamite, which uses diatomaceous earth (also known as kieselguhr), sawdust, or other absorptive materials to make nitroglycerin more stable, has less explosive energy per unit of volume than pure nitroglycerin since part of its volume is non-explosive matter. Nitrocellulose is itself a high explosive, so it stabilizes nitroglycerin without causing it to lose its potency.
