Industrial nitroglycerin made fast and safe

Since the invention of nitroglycerin in the mid nineteenth century, people have been trying to find safer ways to manufacture the highly unstable liquid explosive. Now, researchers at the Fraunhofer Institute for Chemical Technology (ICT) in Pfintzal, Germany, have come up with what might be the safest approach yet – using microreactors to produce nitroglycerin continuously rather than in batches. This is not only safer but also quicker, facilitating a tenfold increase in production rate.  More...

http://www.rsc.org/chemistryworld/2012/06/industrial-nitroglycerin-made-fast-and-safe