All Explosive articles
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Opinion
Betty Wright Harris’s explosive career
Hayley Bennett tells the story of a Black chemist who studied energetic materials – and ways to detect them
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Business
Questions surround deadly Beirut blast
Ammonium nitrate explosion that killed at least 135 appears to have been caused by poorly-stored cargo from an abandoned vessel
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News
Investigation reveals missteps by student who unwittingly made explosive
University of Bristol will tighten up on safety for certain reactions after accidental synthesis of triacetone triperoxide
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News
Chemistry department evacuated after student accidentally makes explosive
Reports claim TATP synthesised by mistake at the University of Bristol
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Research
New explosive is powerful but greener than most
Researchers have made one of the most powerful non-nuclear explosives to date
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Opinion
Explosive mixtures
Nobel’s name was made in explosives, but what about the chemistry behind them?
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Podcast
Nitrogen triiodide
Brian Clegg introduces a compound that detonates at the touch of a feather
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News
Acetone peroxide – ordinary ingredients for an extraordinary explosive
A UK government clamp-down on internet abuse is being rushed through parliament following the apparent ease with which bomb-making instructions can be found.