Editing Dynamite (section)

===Form===
Dynamite is usually sold in the form of cardboard cylinders about {{convert|8|in|mm|abbr=on|sigfig=1|order=flip}} long and about {{convert|1+1/4|in|mm|abbr=on|0|order=flip}} in diameter, with a mass of about {{convert|1/2|lbt|g|order=flip}}.<ref name="Austin Blaster Guide">{{cite web |url=http://www.austinpowder.com/BlastersGuide/docs/pib/Dynamite%20Series.PDF |title=Austin Powder Guide, Dynamite series page 2 |access-date=9 June 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120321201205/http://www.austinpowder.com/BlastersGuide/docs/pib/Dynamite%20Series.PDF |archive-date=21 March 2012 }}</ref> A stick of dynamite thus produced contains roughly 1&nbsp;MJ ([[megajoule]]) of energy.<ref>{{cite web|last1=ChemViews|title=145 Years of Dynamite|url=http://www.chemistryviews.org/details/ezine/3622371/145_Years_of_Dynamite.html|website=Chemistry Views|date=28 November 2012 |publisher=ChemViews Magazine|access-date=6 May 2017|archive-date=18 August 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170818220703/http://www.chemistryviews.org/details/ezine/3622371/145_Years_of_Dynamite.html|url-status=live}}</ref> Other sizes also exist, rated by either portion (Quarter-Stick or Half-Stick) or by weight.

Dynamite is usually rated by "weight strength" (the amount of nitroglycerin it contains), usually from 20% to 60%. For example, ''40% dynamite'' is composed of 40% nitroglycerin and 60% "dope" (the absorbent storage medium mixed with the stabilizer and any additives).