3D-printed explosive cannot detonate except stuffed with fluid

A Swiss cheese-like construction constructed from an explosive materials affords a promising technique to safely retailer and transport explosives. The 3D-printed design detonates solely when the holes in it are stuffed with a liquid.

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