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    Composition B (Comp B), also known as Hexotol and Hexolite (among others), is a high explosive consisting of castable mixtures of RDX and TNT. It is used...
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  • 1940s the format "Composition <letter>" was used for various compositions of the (relatively) novel explosive RDX, such as Composition B and other variants...
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    C-4 or Composition C-4 is a common variety of the plastic explosive family known as Composition C, which uses RDX as its explosive agent. C-4 is composed...
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    stearic acid). Composition B: Castable mixtures of 59.5% RDX and 39.4% TNT with 1% wax as desensitizer. Composition C: The original composition C was used...
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  • In mathematics, the composition operator ∘ {\displaystyle \circ } takes two functions, f {\displaystyle f} and g {\displaystyle g} , and returns a new...
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    ignited and its powder train is almost silent while it burns down. Its Composition B filler was considered safer than the flaked or granular TNT filling...
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    caused to target and contains a bulk-filled explosive (either TNT or Composition B). The projectile was developed to provide extended range for standard...
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  • falls into the A to B alphabetic range. For others, see respective pages: List of compositions for viola: C to E List of compositions for viola: F to H...
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    easily. Typically, a small amount of phlegmatizing agent is used e.g. Composition B, which has 1% paraffin wax added, or the Russian RGO hand grenade which...
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    mines. It was eventually replaced with alternative explosives such as Composition B, Torpex, and Tritonal. Following the Shell Crisis of 1915 in which the...
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    per cubic centimetre (0.060 to 0.061 lb/cu in), the density of the Composition B high-explosive versions. The filler of both variants had the same weight...
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  • The B-Sides is a symphony in five movements for electronica and orchestra by the American composer Mason Bates. The work was commissioned by the San Francisco...
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  • TNT. It is related to the more common Composition B, which is roughly 60% RDX and 40% TNT; various compositions of Cyclotol contain from 65% to 80% RDX...
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  • compositions by Antonín Dvořák includes works sortable by Jarmil Burghauser catalogue number (B.), opus number (when applicable), date of composition...
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    75% Y mixture to temperature AB would generate vapor of composition B over liquid of composition A. The azeotrope is the point on the diagram where the...
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    into composition". These transformations include both the glissando mass events and the permutation of the tone rows.[verification needed] The "B" (beta)...
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  • explosive in the explosive lenses of some early atomic bomb designs, with Composition B often used as the fast-detonating component. Atomic bombs detonated...
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    Baratol (barium nitrate and wax[citation needed]) Composition B (RDX and paraffin wax) Composition H6 Cyclotol (RDX) Ednatol Hexanite[citation needed]...
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  • Carbonite, Composition A, Composition B, Composition C, Composition 1, Composition 2, Composition 3, Composition 4, Composition 5, Composition H6, Cordtex...
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  • number is the "work number" that is assigned to a musical composition, or to a set of compositions, to indicate the chronological order of the composer's...
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  • IMX-101 (section Composition)
    of 1.62 when compared to Composition B. OSX-12 is being studied as a replacement to PAX-28.[citation needed] Like Composition B, IMX formulations are melt-castable...
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  • In mathematics, the composition operator C ϕ {\displaystyle C_{\phi }} with symbol ϕ {\displaystyle \phi } is a linear operator defined by the rule C...
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  • does not deliver sufficient shock to detonate charges comprising TNT, Composition B, ANFO and many other high explosives. Therefore, some form of "booster"...
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  • In computer science, object composition and object aggregation are closely related ways to combine objects or data types into more complex ones. In conversation...
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    This is a list of compositions by jazz musician Thelonious Monk. Contents Top 0–9 A B C E F G H I J L M N O P R S T U W A contrafact based loosely on...
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  • a result, B-flat major is one of the most popular keys for concert band compositions. The scale degree chords of B-flat major are: Tonic – B-flat major...
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  • ) is the composition of relations "is a brother of" ( x B y {\displaystyle xBy} ) and "is a parent of" ( y P z {\displaystyle yPz} ). U = B P  is equivalent...
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    Octol (section Composition)
    Octol is somewhat more expensive than RDX-based explosives, such as Composition B and Cyclotol. The advantage of Octol is that it significantly reduces...
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  • GATOR mine system (redirect from CBU-78/B)
    weighs 1.68 kilograms. The mine's main charge consists of 420 grams of Composition B-4. Family of Scatterable Mines (FASCAM) Government Accountability Office...
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    according to date of composition. Arrangements by Ravel of his own works were assigned the "M" number of the original followed by a letter (a, b, c, etc.). Arrangements...
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