... of large quantities of gases, usually hot, from a much smaller amount of a solid, a liquid, or a gas. This is usually accompanied by a loud noise or report?. According to The Chemistry of Powder and Explosives (1984) an explosive is a material, either a pure single substance or a mixture of substances, which is capable of producing an explosion by its own energy. There are ... not explode, and function by producing gas, which produces an explosion. Explosives of this class [type] differ widely among themselves in the rate at which they deliver their energy? (The Chemistry of Powder and E...

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... award given yearly since 1901.This award is accepted as the most prestigious and the highest form of international recognition of intellectual achievement in the field it is given: physics, chemistry, medicine, literature and peace. They are recognized by virtually every scientist, and they are also among the few prizes known by name to many ordinary citizens. THE PRIZE: The prize ... submit their nominations for each prize. Among those invited to nominate candidates are previous Nobel laureates; members of the prize-awarding institutions themselves; scholars active in the fields of phy...

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... human being. In his will Nobel created the Nobel Peace Prizes. The Nobel Peace Prizes are given to those who contribute to the common good in the areas of Physics, Chemistry, Medicine, Literature and Peace. The prizes have a large cash award and are given to organizations. The Atomic Bomb an unreal creating by man with unbelievable power of destruction came from ... ...

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... , the winner also receives a gold medal, a diploma bearing a citation, and a whopping one million dollars (1). The Nobel Prize is the first international award given yearly since 1901 for achievements in physics, chemistry, medicine, literature and peace. The prize consists of a medal, a personal diploma, and a prize amount. The Nobel Prize began to be awarded in 1969. The economics prize was not part of ... ...

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... taught by tutors much of the time. He showed a natural gift for languages, acquiring them as he traveled. Despite his sickness, Alfred was a very good student who became interested in chemistry early on. Between the ages of seventeen to nineteen, he traveled to Germany, the U.S and France. His father sent him on to further education in the United States between the ... ...

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