Which of the following is used for the production of explosive?

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Glycerol. Nitroglycerine, also called as glycerol trinitrate is an explosive liquid which was made by treating glycerol with a mixture of nitric acid and sulphuric acid. A pure liquid nitroglycerine is colourless. It is soluble in alcohols but insoluble in water. Nitroglycerine is extremely sensitive to shock. By mixing nitroglycerine, an oily fluid with kieselguhr, the mixture could be turned into a paste. This material could be kneaded and shaped into rods suitable for insertion into drilling holes. This paste is called dynamite and used to develop a blasting cap which could be used to detonate dynamite under controlled conditions.

Which of the following is used for the production of explosive?

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