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Comment on The reason we don’t see exploding battery attacks more often is not because it’s technically hard, it’s because the erosion of public trust in everyday things isn’t worth it.

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NeatNit@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

I am not an explosives expert, but I’ve seen enough YouTube videos about explosives to know that not all explosives explode in fire. Some are incredibly stable at extreme conditions right up until deliberately triggered. It all depends on the type of explosives.

There may still be ways to detect them, but it’s not necessarily going to be that simple.

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echodot@feddit.uk ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago
Yes that’s correct high explosives require a starter explosive. However this doctor explosive would also have to be incorporated into the device and the starter explosive is triggered by a spark or a fire. So throwing it in a fire would still work as a test you’d just have to make sure it totally melted before concluding anything.

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- Uranium_Green@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago
  They don’t necessarily require a starter explosive, certain types do of course. It’s more about overcoming the initial energy required, for example the arc from an electric arc lighter could probably overcome that requirement in a lot of scenarios.
  
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  - echodot@feddit.uk ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago
    The type of explosive used in this is not a high explosive. If put in a fire it would have exploded
    
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