Explosives Explosives Amatol is a highly explosive material, a mixture of TNT and ammonium nitrate, and used as an explosive in military weapons. ...more on Wikipedia about "Amatol"
Ammonal is an explosive made up of ammonium nitrate, trinitrotoluene, and aluminium powder mixed in a ratio of roughly 22/67/11. ...more on Wikipedia about "Ammonal"
Ammunition is a generic military term meaning (the assembly of) a projectile and its propellant. It is derived through French from the Latin munire (to provide). See also munition. ...more on Wikipedia about "Ammunition"
ANFO stands for ammonium nitrate/ fuel oil (most often diesel fuel, sometimes kerosene). It is by far the most widely used explosive in coal mining, quarrying, metal mining, and civil construction: it accounts for an estimated 80% of the 6,000,000,000 pounds (2,700,000 metric tons) of explosive used annually in North America. ...more on Wikipedia about "ANFO"
The Anti-personnel Obstacle Breaching System is an explosive line charge system that allows safe breaching through complex antipersonnel obstacles. The Anti-Personnel Obstacle Breaching System (APOBS) was developed for the United States (U.S.) Marine Corps and the U.S. Army (it was sponsored and fielded through the Program Manager for Ammunition branch of Marine Corps Systems Command). The APOBS is used to conduct deliberate or hasty breaches through enemy antipersonnel minefields and multi-strand wire obstacles. It is light enough to be carried by two soldiers with backpacks and can be deployed within 30 to 120 seconds. ...more on Wikipedia about "Antipersonnel Obstacle Breaching System"
Anwax is a primitive explosive that consists of ammonium nitrate, floor wax, and sometimes aluminum powder. The ammonium nitrate is the oxidizer and the floor wax is the fuel. It is not very powerful and is easier to detonate than ANFO. It absorbs water from the air quickly rendering it useless. Anwax only sees use in terrorist attacks because of much better explosives available to professionals. It takes a large detonator or even a powerful booster charge to detonate it. When the aluminum powder is added, it should only need a very large blasting cap. ...more on Wikipedia about "AnWax"
Astrolite is the trade name of a family of explosives, invented by chemist Gerald Hurst in the 1960s during his employment with the Atlas Powder Company. The Astrolite family consists of two compounds, Astrolite G and Astrolite A. Both are two-part liquid-state high explosive mixtures, composed of ammonium nitrate oxidizer and hydrazine rocket fuel. They still find some use in commercial and civil blasting applications, but have mostly been superseded by cheaper and safer compounds, largely due to the expense and exceptionally poisonous nature of the hydrazine component. ...more on Wikipedia about "Astrolite"
Ballistite is a smokeless propellant explosive made from two high explosives nitrocellulose mixed with nitroglycerin. ...more on Wikipedia about "Ballistite"
Baratol is an explosive made of a mixture of TNT and barium nitrate, with a small quantity of wax used as a binder. ...more on Wikipedia about "Baratol (explosive)"
Black powder is a type of gunpowder invented in the 9th century and was practically the only known propellant and explosive until the middle of the 19th century. It has been superseded by more efficient explosives such as smokeless powders and TNT. It is still manufactured today but primarily for use in fireworks, model rocket engines, and reproductions of muzzleloading weapons. ...more on Wikipedia about "Black powder"
Blasting gelatine is an explosive invented by Alfred Nobel. It is a jelly-like mass which is produced by mixing warm nitroglycerine with 7 to 8% collodion. ...more on Wikipedia about "Blasting gelatine"
BLEVE, pronounced blevy, is an acronym for Boiling Liquid Expanding Vapour Explosion. This is a type of explosion that can occur when a vessel containing a pressurized liquid is ruptured. Such explosions can be extremely hazardous. When the liquid is water, the explosion is usually called a steam explosion. ...more on Wikipedia about "BLEVE"
Brisance is a measure of the rapidity with which an explosive develops its maximum pressure. ...more on Wikipedia about "Brisance"
C-4 or Composition C-4 is a common variety of military plastic explosive. ...more on Wikipedia about "C-4 (explosive)"
The word cheddite has these meanings:- ...more on Wikipedia about "Cheddite"
CL-20, or hexanitrohexaazaisowurtzitane, is an explosive developed by the China Lake facility, primarily to be used in propellants. It has a better oxidizer-to- fuel ratio than conventional HMX or RDX. It produces 20% more energy than traditional HMX based propellants, and is widely superior to conventional high-energy propellants and explosives. ...more on Wikipedia about "CL-20"
Composition B is an explosive consisting of castable mixtures of RDX and TNT as well as, in some instances, additional desensitizing agents. It is used as a burster in artillery projectiles, rockets, land mines and hand grenades. ...more on Wikipedia about "Composition B"
Composition C is a plastic explosive consisting of RDX, other explosives, and plasticizer. It can be molded by hand for use in demolition work and packed by hand into shaped charge devices. Although compositions C3 and C4 are most commonly used, C and C2 may still be encountered. ...more on Wikipedia about "Composition C"
Contact explosives explode when relatively small quantities of energy are applied to the substance, whether that be heat, light, sound, or physical pressure. ...more on Wikipedia about "Contact explosive"
Cordite is a smokeless propellent explosive made by combining two explosives: nitrocellulose and nitroglycerin. It has commonly been used in firearms since the early 20th Century. It has also been used in solid fuel rockets. ...more on Wikipedia about "Cordite"
Cordtex is a type of detonating cord generally used in mining. It uses an explosive core of pentaerythritol tetranitrate which is inside its plastic coating. See detonating cord. ...more on Wikipedia about "Cordtex"
Deflagration is a process of subsonic combustion that usually propagates through thermal conductivity (hot burning material heats the next layer of cold material and ignites it). Deflagration is different from detonation which is supersonic and propagates through shock compression. ...more on Wikipedia about "Deflagration"
Demolition is the opposite of construction: the tearing-down of buildings and other structures. It is contrasted with deconstruction, which is the taking down of buildings while carefully preserving valuable elements for re-use. ...more on Wikipedia about "Demolition"
Detasheet is an explosive similar to plastic explosives, manufactured by DuPont containing PETN with nitrocellulose and a binder. ...more on Wikipedia about "Detasheet"
Detonating cord, also called detonation cord, detacord, det. cord, detcord, primer cord, primacord or cordtex, is a thin, flexible tube with an explosive core. It is a high-speed fuse which explodes, rather than burns, and is suitable for detonating high explosives. The velocity of detonation is sufficient to use it for synchronizing multiple charges to detonate almost simultaneously even if the charges are placed at different distances from the point of initiation. It is used to reliably and inexpensively chain together multiple explosive charges. Typical uses include mining, drilling, and demolitions. ...more on Wikipedia about "Detonating cord" Visit again shortopedia
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