PETN

I don't pretend to know much about explosives, but when reports came in about the crotchbomber's device burning rather than exploding, I figured it was a case of amateur chemistry. Especially when you consider that he only had 80 grams of "explosive" on him. That's less than 3 ounces. It seemed like a poorly thought out attack.

But then I ran across this -- 20g of PETN, one fourth of what the eunuchbomber had:




h/t: Gates of Vienna