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jeatrice

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What are the main ingredients in straight dynamite? What other substances also are included in modern straight dynamites and what purpose do they serve?
 
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In United States v. Salerno (1987), the defendant argued that the federal preventive detention law violated the Eighth Amendment to the United States Constitution because it set bail at a/an _____________ ________________.
 
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Answer to Question 1

The main ingredients in straight dynamite are nitroglycerine and pulp. In addition to nitroglycerine and pulp, modern straight dynamites also include sodium nitrate (which furnishes oxygen for complete combustion) and a small percentage of a stabilizer, such as calcium carbonate.

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Both answers were spot on, thank you once again




 

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