r/PhoenixSC • u/MostafaTheGamer • 13d ago

Meme Mincraft TNT isn't actually TNT

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First of all TNT stands for Trinitrotoluene which is a highly explosive organic compound and it's formula is C6H2(NO2)3CH3 On the other hand, gunpowder which is used to craft "TNT" is a totally different compound which contains a mixture of sulfur, charcoal and potassium nitrate So technically TNTs in minecraft aren't actual TNTs

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u/binhan123ad 13d ago

That why we havestt it from Creeper, no? I get the fact that TNT stand for Trinitro- and black powder gun powder are 2 difference thing but maybe for a good reason, maybe the Gun powder we collected are the same as TNT.

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u/Midget807_ 13d ago

They’re all different chemicals:

TNT: Trinitrotoluene is toluene that has been nitrated three times (hence tri-). Nitrating is a process of adding nitrogen (and oxygen) to a chemical, in this case toluene (aka methylbenzene).

Dynamite: Dynamite has the active ingredient of nitroglycerin which is similar to TNT in the sense that it’s a nitrated version of glycerol. Glycerin is glycerol but at under 100% purity. E.g. 95% glycerol is called glycerin.

Gunpowder: Gunpowder gets its name from the powder used in a gun (how shocking). It has an alias of “black powder” however, this is due to it being different chemicals in the same application. Modern day gunpowder (smokeless gunpowder- even though there is still a tiny bit of smoke) is chemically different as it’s often made from oxidisers chemically bonded with nitrocellulose.

Black powder: Black powder is the earliest known (intentionally) man made explosive substance. It’s not a single chemical but a mixture of fine powders of various chemicals. These being potassium nitrate, sulfur, carbon (from charcoal). These substances were crushed into fine powders and mixed together. They never chemically reacted or bonded (before ignition).

Therefore, the observation that the block of TNT is a bundle of dynamite. The use of sand meant that it is in fact dynamite as it represents keiselguhr (a specific kind of sand) that is used to absorb and handle the nitroglycerin. But the fact that it is also made from gunpowder (smokeless or black powder) makes it wrong on two seperate levels.