Pre-planned demolition

[Roger Baker]

TNT is a more or less pure chemical compound and I don't think it  
deteriorates much with age, partly since it is usually cast into  
shells and bombs and is therefore well-sealed. WWII bombs sometimes  
blow up even now.

What does deteriorate is dynamite because it is a mixture of liquid  
nitroglycerine with other solid materials like ammonium nitrate and  
the liquid leaks out or evaporates over time.

It is also untrue that nukes do not deteriorate. The plutonium  
doesn't deteriorate because it has a half life of thousands of years,  
but the tritium trigger used to generate a constant stream of  
neutrons needed to trigger the reaction at the moment of implosion  
does deteriorate because it has a short half life of perhaps decades  
or less. -- Roger


On Jun 18, 2005, at 9:40 AM, Clark Santos wrote:

> Wayne,
>
> Are you saying one of the reasons we go to war on a frequent basis  
> is to save the tax payers money by using up C3 and other explosives  
> that are close to their "half-life", damn good thing that nuclear  
> shit has a long "half-life" or we'd be in real trouble with those  
> efficient, money-laundering republicans in charge.....
>
> Its entirely possible with the "explosive danger paranoia" that  
> runs through law-enforcement and mothers, that little compartments  
> could have been built in so that nitroglycerin could be quickly  
> poured in, for low cost elimination.
>
> EL PATRON
>
> On Jun 18, 2005, at 9:07 AM, Wayne Johnson wrote:
>
> Ladies and gentlemen.
>
> If there is one single thing I can promise you it is that modern  
> buildings
> are not "pre-wired" for demolition!  I have been in the  
> architecture and
> construction business for over forty years and rest assured that  
> this just
> doesn't happen.
>
> And there are many reasons, none the least of which, is that every  
> single
> phase of every building is constantly monitored by building  
> inspectors of
> various agencies.  Very large and expensive structures are also  
> monitored
> by their insurance companies like Factory Mutual.  No.  Doesn't  
> happen.
>
> This is a really and truly a "non" event.  Besides, explosives like  
> TNT
> degrade over time.  If you put some TNT in a building in, say, 1966 it
> wouldn't start of campfire in 2005.  I grew up on a farm and with
> contractors and we had lots of the stuff around.  It just
> rots/evaporates/whatever.  I am sure Roger can give a more lucid
> description of the chemical process.  I am not sure what the "half- 
> life"
> of C3 is but as their are petro-chemical bonding agents (or some such)
> they would outgas themselves to uselessness if exposed to air over  
> time.
> Again, I defer to Roger in this matter.
>
> As an architect, I tell you, this doesn't happen.  Except, of  
> course, in
> Hollywood.  :-)
>
> wgJ
>
>

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