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A high-powered explosive used in demolition and mining. Made of nitroglycerin absorbed by a stabilizer.

A widely used bulk industrial explosive mixture, which is a blend of ammonium nitrate and fuel oil.

An early form of explosive that consists of sulfur, charcoal, and potassium nitrate.

A chemical compound used as a convenient standard for the measurement of the energy of explosions.

A plastic explosive that can be molded into shape to breach barriers and structures in controlled demolitions.

A flexible plastic tube filled with a high explosive material, used to initiate other explosives or as a cutting charge.

A heavy, colorless, oily, explosive liquid obtained by nitrating glycerol.

A powerful explosive compound used in detonators and blasting caps.

An extremely powerful and relatively insensitive high explosive used in military applications.

A white solid without odor or taste, widely used in military applications and as a base in many plastic explosives.

A family of slurry or gel-like explosives that use a water phase as a binder or continuous medium.

A water-resistant commercial explosive replacing dynamite in many applications with lower toxicity gases.

A general-purpose plastic explosive containing RDX and PETN.

Mixtures of ammonium nitrate or other salts, water, a fuel and a sensitizer, used in bulk for mining.

A highly flammable compound formed by nitrating cellulose through exposure to nitric acid, used as a propellant or low-order explosive.

A modern solid-fuel rocket propellant consisting of ammonium perchlorate as the oxidizer and a powdered fuel, bound together.

A high explosive consisting of TNT and ammonium nitrate, the proportions of which can vary according to the desired properties of the product.

Explosive composed of two components that are inert when separate but become a high explosive when mixed.

A mixture of water in oil emulsion of explosives where the discontinuous phase is an explosive in the external phase of oil.