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Sprengel explosive
Sprengel explosive Sprengel explosives are a highly generic class of explosives invented by Hermann Sprengel in the 1870s. They consist of stoichiometric ... the materials for a fast reaction rate. Sprengel suggested nitric acid, nitrates and chlorates ...
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Explosive material
Explosive material Preparing C-4 explosive This article is concerned solely with chemical ... are many other varieties of more exotic explosive material, and theoretical methods of causing explosions ... high-intensity laser or electric arc. Any explosive material has the following characteristics: It is ... rapid decomposition. The chemical decomposition of an explosive may take years, days, hours, or ...
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Category:Explosives
... Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Explosives Explosive devices, chemical agents, and similar matters. The main article for this category is Explosive material. Subcategories There are 9 subcategories to ... this category. B Bombs D Detonators E Explosive chemicals E cont. Explosive weapons H High explosives P Propellants Pyrotechnics ... Breaching System Astrolite B BLEVE Ballistite Baratol (explosive) Black powder Blasting gelatine Brisance Bruceton ...
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ANFO
... is by far the most widely used explosive in coal mining, quarrying, metal mining, and ... pounds (2,700,000 metric tons) of explosive used annually in North America. ANFO under most conditions is considered a high explosive: it decomposes through detonation rather than deflagration ... velocity of detonation. It is a secondary explosive consisting of distinct fuel and oxidizer phases ... is notable that AN prills used for explosive applications are physically different from fertilizer ...
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Picric acid
... °C Hazards MSDS External MSDS Main hazards Explosive NFPA 704 Flash point 150 °C R ... compounds (eg. trinitrotoluene), picric acid is an explosive. Modern safety precautions recommend storing picric acid ... as it was used successfully as an explosive filler for most artillery shells and bombs ... think to use picric acid as an explosive. Before then, chemists assumed that only the salts of picric acid were explosive, not the acid itself. In 1873 ...
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Oxyliquit
Oxyliquit An oxyliquit is an explosive material made of a mixture of liquid ... of LOX. It is a class of Sprengel explosives. The explosive properties of these mixtures were discovered in ... to be safe in possible presence of explosive gases, so oxyliquits found their use mostly ... replaced with even cheaper ANFO. An oxyliquit explosive can be accidentally made by spilling ...
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Cheddite
... cheddite has these meanings:- A class of explosive materials that were originally manufactured in the ... the early twentieth century. Closely related to Sprengel explosives, cheddites consisted of a high proportion ... the 1970s, the commercial name for an explosive compound used as a primer for shotgun ...
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