Answer by Damon for How would a creature produce and store Nitroglycerin?
This idea is troublesome for at least four reasons:Nitroglycerine is (quite obviously) highly sensitive to shock and pressure, and explosive. Let's hope that creature never needs to jump, and never...
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My chemistry is nowhere near figuring out a pathway. I will say that the answer that rejected it based on the required acids not being in biology isn't enough, though—life can often use pathways that...
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Answer by JDługosz for How would a creature produce and store Nitroglycerin?
I think biological systems will not make nitroglycerin in the manner used by chemists, as detailed by kingledion.Rather, the atoms will be stuck together individually from smaller groups or modified...
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Here are some thoughts on how nitroglycerin might be stored in such a way that it would become activated only once outside the organism's body (changing from a dilute to a concentrated form, most...
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How to make NitroglycerinSo I actually did this with some friends in high school (with stolen supplies, right after Columbine, got suspended for weeks, fire department searched my house for explosives,...
View ArticleAnswer by Azuaron for How would a creature produce and store Nitroglycerin?
Storing NitroglycerinYou don't store it as straight liquid nitroglycerin. You're an animal! You need to be able to run, jump, fall, etc. without exploding body parts. So, what do you store instead of...
View ArticleAnswer by Andreas Heese for How would a creature produce and store...
Short answer: The creature would most probably not store nitroglycerin. And if it did, it wouldn't grow old.But let's explore some possible ideas, anyway.Because I don't want to type nitroglycerin a...
View ArticleHow would a creature produce and store Nitroglycerin?
This question began due to a certain fictional monster. Where it was stated to be able to secrete explosive goo activated by its saliva, which would coat its boulder-like arms and explode when smashed...
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