3D-printed explosive can’t detonate unless filled with fluid

A Swiss cheese-like construction constituted of an explosive materials provides a promising approach to safely retailer and transport explosives. The 3D-printed design detonates solely when the holes in it are full of a liquid.

Explosives are helpful in industries like mining, however they’re additionally hazardous as a result of there may be at all times a threat of unintended detonation, like when they’re uncovered to warmth or shaken up in transport. Alexander Mueller at Los Alamos National Laboratory in New Mexico and his colleagues created an explosive that can’t …