This Sport is for geeks.Doesn't surprise me that the resident Science teacher is interested.Tell me this,teacher,if the blasting power from many explosives comes from the massive amount of energy released from nitro-organic compounds(when Nitrogen gas is formed,)then why doesn't it also take a great deal of energy to form the nitro-organic compounds?(or does it indeed take a lot of energy to form them.)For instance,this compound:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RDX