§ 115. Explosives. Any chemical compound or mechanical mixture that
is commonly used or intended for the purpose of producing an explosion
and which contains any oxidizing and combustive units or other
ingredients in such proportions, quantities, or packing that an ignition
by fire, by friction, by concussion, by percussion, or by detonator of
any part of the compound or mixture may cause such a sudden generation
of highly heated gases that the resultant gaseous pressures are capable
of producing destructive effects on contiguous objects or of destroying
life or limb.