Re:Folding Paper with a Hydraulic Press
by adrianN on Wednesday May 18, 2016 @11:19AM
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When you cut something with a knife or rip it apart with your hands you're also breaking chemical bonds. Some chemical bonds are weak enough that just normal light can break them apart. Stuff like Nitrogen triiodide decomposes whenever it feels like.
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Stuff that has "nitrogen" in its name usually decomposes whenever it feels like, and humans generally don't like the results of that process - especially if they're standing nearby.
Fertilizer contains a considerable amount of it and can be handled fairly safely... Unless you get careless: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oppau_explosion