An explosive (or explosive material) is a reactive substance that contains a great amount of potential energy that can produce an explosion if released...
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Plastic explosive is a soft and hand-moldable solid form of explosive material. Within the field of explosives engineering, plastic explosives are also...
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variety of the plastic explosive family known as Composition C, which uses RDX as its explosive agent. C-4 is composed of explosives, plastic binder, plasticizer...
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An explosive device is a device that relies on the exothermic reaction of an explosive material to provide a violent release of energy. Applications of...
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An explosive belt (also called suicide belt or a suicide vest) is an improvised explosive device, a belt or a vest packed with explosives and armed with...
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High-explosive anti-tank (HEAT) is the effect of a shaped charge explosive that uses the Munroe effect to penetrate heavy armor. The warhead functions...
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Explosives engineering is the field of science and engineering which is related to examining the behavior and usage of explosive materials. Some of the...
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An improvised explosive device (IED) is a bomb constructed and deployed in ways other than in conventional military action. It may be constructed of conventional...
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Thermobaric weapon (redirect from Fuel-air explosive)
vacuum bomb, is a type of explosive munition that works by dispersing an aerosol cloud of gas, liquid or powdered explosive. The fuel is usually a single...
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High explosive squash head (HESH) A high-explosive squash head (HESH), in British terminology, or a high-explosive plastic/plasticized (HEP), in American...
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Intermittent explosive disorder (sometimes abbreviated as IED, also referred to as episodic dyscontrol syndrome) is a behavioral disorder characterized...
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In warfare, high-explosive incendiary (HEI) is a type of ammunition specially designed to impart energy and therefore damage to its target in one or both...
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RDX (redirect from Research Department Explosive)
RDX (abbreviation of "Research Department eXplosive" or Royal Demolition eXplosive) or hexogen, among other names, is an organic compound with the formula...
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A binary explosive or two-component explosive is an explosive consisting of two components, neither of which is explosive by itself, which have to be mixed...
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A squib is a miniature explosive device used in a wide range of industries, from special effects to military applications. It resembles a tiny stick of...
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A nuclear explosive is an explosive device that derives its energy from nuclear reactions. Almost all nuclear explosive devices that have been designed...
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Reactive armour (redirect from Explosive reactive armour)
penetrators. The most common type is explosive reactive armour (ERA), but variants include self-limiting explosive reactive armour (SLERA), non-energetic...
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Bomb disposal (redirect from Explosive Ordnance Disposal)
Bomb disposal is an explosives engineering profession using the process by which hazardous explosive devices are disabled or otherwise rendered safe. Bomb...
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originally made in the mid 20th century for the U.S. military to simulate explosives or artillery fire. The "M" is designated by a U.S. military convention...
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Shell (projectile) (redirect from High-explosive fragmentation)
shell, in a military context, is a projectile whose payload contains an explosive, incendiary, or other chemical filling. Originally it was called a bombshell[citation...
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Almost all the common explosives listed here were mixtures of several common components: Ammonium picrate TNT (Trinitrotoluene) PETN (Pentaerythritol tetranitrate)...
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sequence, also called an explosive train or a firing train, is a sequence of events that culminates in the detonation of explosives. For safety reasons, most...
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A mine is an explosive placed underground or underwater that explodes when disturbed, or when remotely triggered. The term originated from the use of...
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contact explosives have varying amounts of energy sensitivity, they are all much more sensitive relative to other kinds of explosives. Contact explosives are...
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Flammability limit (redirect from Explosive limit)
bounds determined experimentally, referred to as flammability limits or explosive limits. Combustion can range in violence from deflagration through detonation...
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The Explosive Generation is a 1961 film directed by Buzz Kulik. It stars William Shatner and Patty McCormack. The story is about Peter Gifford, a teacher...
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Uncontrolled decompression (redirect from Explosive decompression)
pressurize at all. Such decompression may be classed as explosive, rapid, or slow: Explosive decompression (ED) is violent and too fast for air to escape...
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Polymer-bonded explosives, also called PBX or plastic-bonded explosives, are explosive materials in which explosive powder is bound together in a matrix...
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ATEX directives (redirect from Equipment and protective systems intended for use in potentially explosive atmospheres)
equipment used in explosive atmospheres. The name is an initialization of the term ATmosphères EXplosibles (French for "explosive atmospheres"). Organizations...
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phlegmatize in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. A phlegmatized explosive is an explosive that has had an agent (a phlegmatizer) added to stabilize or desensitize...
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