Explore tens of thousands of sets crafted by our community.
Types of Explosives
20
Flashcards
0/20
Nitroglycerin
A heavy, colorless, oily, explosive liquid obtained by nitrating glycerol.
Semtex
A general-purpose plastic explosive containing RDX and PETN.
Amatol
A high explosive consisting of TNT and ammonium nitrate, the proportions of which can vary according to the desired properties of the product.
C-4 (Composition C-4)
A plastic explosive that can be molded into shape to breach barriers and structures in controlled demolitions.
Flash Powder
An energetic pyrotechnic composition used as a bursting charge in fireworks and in photographic flashbulbs.
Det Cord (Detonating Cord)
A flexible plastic tube filled with a high explosive material, used to initiate other explosives or as a cutting charge.
Dynamite
A high-powered explosive used in demolition and mining. Made of nitroglycerin absorbed by a stabilizer.
Nitrocellulose
A highly flammable compound formed by nitrating cellulose through exposure to nitric acid, used as a propellant or low-order explosive.
PETN (Pentaerythritol Tetranitrate)
A powerful explosive compound used in detonators and blasting caps.
Binary Explosive
Explosive composed of two components that are inert when separate but become a high explosive when mixed.
Black Powder (Gunpowder)
An early form of explosive that consists of sulfur, charcoal, and potassium nitrate.
ANFO (Ammonium Nitrate Fuel Oil)
A widely used bulk industrial explosive mixture, which is a blend of ammonium nitrate and fuel oil.
Tovex
A water-resistant commercial explosive replacing dynamite in many applications with lower toxicity gases.
Ammonium Perchlorate Composite Propellant (APCP)
A modern solid-fuel rocket propellant consisting of ammonium perchlorate as the oxidizer and a powdered fuel, bound together.
TNT (Trinitrotoluene)
A chemical compound used as a convenient standard for the measurement of the energy of explosions.
Slurry Explosives
Mixtures of ammonium nitrate or other salts, water, a fuel and a sensitizer, used in bulk for mining.
HMX (Cyclotetramethylene-tetranitramine)
An extremely powerful and relatively insensitive high explosive used in military applications.
RDX (Cyclotrimethylenetrinitramine)
A white solid without odor or taste, widely used in military applications and as a base in many plastic explosives.
Water gel explosives
A family of slurry or gel-like explosives that use a water phase as a binder or continuous medium.
Emulsion Explosive
A mixture of water in oil emulsion of explosives where the discontinuous phase is an explosive in the external phase of oil.
© Hypatia.Tech. 2024 All rights reserved.