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 Explosive material - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Explosives are classified as low or high explosives according to their rates of decomposition.
All of the standard military explosives may be considered to be of a high order of stability at temperatures of -10 to +35 °C, but each has a high temperature at which the rate of decomposition becomes rapidly accelerated and stability is reduced.
Explosive force is released at 90 degree angles from the surface of an explosive.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Explosive_material   (5503 words)

  
 High explosive squash head - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
High explosive squash head (HESH) is a type of explosive ammunition designed to defeat tank armour.
It was fielded chiefly by the British Army during the cold war, being the main explosive round of British Main Battle Tanks during this period.
On impact the plastic explosive in the shell spreads out to form a disk on the surface of the armour.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/High_explosive_squash_head   (527 words)

  
 High
High explosives are also defined as an explosive substance or mixture which invariably detonates when initiated, irrespective of the ambient condition of confinement (i.e.
High explosives are those materials that undergo detonation without confinement, are compounds, initiated by shock, the reaction within the product is supersonic, and has a high brisance.
Molecular explosives are energetic materials that contain all of the elements for a detonation reaction in the molecules of the explosives.
www.fireandsafety.eku.edu /VFRE-99/Recognition/High/high.htm   (3596 words)

  
 High explosive anti-tank
High explosive anti-tank''', more commonly known as '''HEAT, rounds are made of an explosive shaped charge that uses the Neumann effect (a development of the Munroe effect) to create a very high velocity jet of metal in a state of superplasticity that can punch through solid armor.
Typically its antipersonnel lethality is improved by incorporating coils of notched wire wrapped around the high explosive charge within the shell, or adding ball bearings to it, to increase the amount of shrapnel produced.
Since velocity has little effect on the armor-piercing capability of the round, which is defined by explosive power, HEAT rounds were particularly useful in long-range combat where the slower terminal velocities were not an issue.
www.infothis.com /find/High_explosive_anti-tank   (1462 words)

  
 XM1018 High Explosive Air Bursting (HEAB)
The pre fragmented high explosive warhead is designed to defeat lightweight body armor and light cover, at effective range of up to 1000m.
Developed by the system's prime contractor, ATK Integrated Defense Systems, the 20mm airburst high explosive ammunition was successfully test fired in January 2002.
The key to delivering the revolutionary increase in lethality and survivability of the Objective Individual Combat Weapon (OICW) is the precision XM1018 High Explosive Air Bursting (HEAB) ammunition.
www.globalsecurity.org /military/systems/munitions/m1018.htm   (510 words)

  
 Arianna Online Forums - Some perspective on 380 tonnes of high explosive
High explosives of this sort are necessary to trigger critical mass in nuclear weapons, too.
Now that 760,000 pounds of these high explosives are missing and in the hands of bad guys, oh we're safer all right, lots, lots safer.
In a letter this month, the Iraqi interim government told the International Atomic Energy Agency the high explosives were lost to theft and looting due to lack of security.
www.ariannaonline.com /forums/printthread.php?t=14559   (780 words)

  
 Explosive Accelerators
The projectile is accelerated either by a high explosive, or by hydrogen gas compressed by the explosive.
Explosives such as Composition B, Octol, RDX, HMX9404, ERS-9, KEL-F, LX-10, and PBX-9010 are used because of their high detonation velocities, ranging from 7 to 9 km/s.
A high explosive accelerates hydrogen gas which in turn accelerates a thin disk up to about 40 km/s.
www.islandone.org /LEOBiblio/SPBI134.HTM   (243 words)

  
 High explosive squash head : HESH
High explosive squash head, also known as HESH or HEP (in US usage, for high-explosive, plastic), rounds are a type of anti-tank explosive.
On impact the plastic explosive in the shell spreads out to form a disk on the surface of the armor, which is then detonated.
The explosive doesn't penetrate the armor directly, instead the shock wave travels through the armor and causes flakes of metal to spall[?] off and fly around the interior of the tank.
www.eurofreehost.com /he/HESH.html   (211 words)

  
 EA-425; (FONSI) and Environmental Assessment High Explosive Machining Facility Project 88-D-125 Pantex
Operational Hazards, Impacts and Controls: Detonation: Any chemical high explosive operations carry a potential for (and an implied risk of) accidental detonation.
This portion of the High Plains plateau, in the transition zone between the North Central Plains and the Llano Estacado (staked plains), is essentially treeless.
Explosive limits per bay will be 130 and 390 pounds of TNT equivalent explosive materials, respectively, for Class I and Class II bays, per the DOE Explosives Safety Manual.
www.globalsecurity.org /wmd/library/report/enviro/ea0425_1.html   (3289 words)

  
 Dissolution Kinetics of High Explosive Compounds (TNT, RDX, HMX) - Storming Media
Agencies that use high explosive compounds are working to better understand the physical and chemical properties surrounding these explosive compounds to include their fate and transport, effects on health, and remediation alternatives.
Solubility of explosive compounds was measured as a %function of temperature.
The objective of this study was to describe the dissolution rate and solubility of TNT, RDX, and HMX individually and as components in the explosive formulations octol, Composition B, and LX-14.
www.stormingmedia.us /36/3667/A366704.html   (220 words)

  
 Understanding Reaction Violence of High-Explosive
However, carbon, hydrogen, nitrogen, and oxygen high-energy explosive ingredients of military interest usually exhibit a direct performance/sensitivity relationship, where increased performance yields a proportional increase in overall sensitivity.
These tasks require an accurate determination of the new explosive's sensitivity characteristics and response to unplanned stimuli, such as impact, friction, electrostatic discharge, shock, and thermal insult, to ensure safety of personnel and materiel both in the laboratory and ultimately in the field.
Since no crystalline RDX was present at temperatures above the self-heating temperature of the explosive mixture, the violence of the final reaction was dramatically reduced to a burning event.
www.afrlhorizons.com /Briefs/Apr04/MN0302.html   (810 words)

  
 High Energy Metals, Inc.
The most common explosive metalworking technique is explosive welding, also known as explosive bonding or explosive cladding.
Also explosive welding is considered a cold-welding process which allows metals to be joined without losing their pre-bonded properties.
High Energy Metals has access to dedicated CNC machining and the engineering expertise to design and build products that incorporate explosion bonded joints.
www.highenergymetals.com   (290 words)

  
 M830A1 HEAT (High Explosive Anti-Tank)
The M830A1 HEAT (High Explosive Anti-Tank) round, recently fielded for the M1A1 and M1A2 Main Battle Tank, is a major advancement over its predecessor, the M830, which has been in the US inventory since the early '80s.
The 120mm M830 High Explosive Anti-Tank-Multi Purpose - Tracer (HEAT-MP-T) is a chemical energy, multi-purpose projectile with an anti-personnel capability.
M830A1 High Explosive Anti-Tank-Multi Purpose - Tracer (HEAT-MP-T)
www.fas.org /man/dod-101/sys/land/m830a1.htm   (350 words)

  
 Apollo Movie Guide's Review of High Explosive
High Explosive opens and closes with a brief commentary on the problems land mines are causing in the African country.
Which is a good thing, because High Explosive is not only set in a desert, it also lacks any style that might bring the locales to life.
With a title like High Explosive, you’d think there might be some excitement or thrills involved with this film.
www.apolloguide.com /mov_fullrev.asp?CID=4406   (647 words)

  
 TCS: Tech Central Station - High Explosive Chess in Fallujah
Some of the bombs are simply explosives with a fuse hooked to a remote electronic device such as a wireless doorbell (available in most Iraqi hardware stores), or the guts from a remote control toy vehicle.
you have to assemble it (130 pounds of explosive laden pipe) and then crawl right up to the area to be breached.
It consists of 10 sections of tubing, each 5-feet long, filled with a deadly combination of TNT and RDX explosives.
www.techcentralstation.com /111204I.html   (944 words)

  
 Luftwaffe Air raid Attacks On South Wales & Areas Around Bridgend
Extensive damage as 178 High Explosive bombs and 7000 incendiaries landed on a snow-covered Swansea during its heaviest raid to date.
Undoubtedly, a sustained attack on the docks and industrial sector were the intentions of the enemy this night, but the surrounding residential areas of Bonymaen, Hafod and St. Thomas suffered the brunt of the bombs which missed their prime targets.
The surprising nature of a daylight attack meant there were dock workers on duty at the time and, with no alert to the imminent strike, 12 dock workers were killed outright and a further 26 were injured during the incident.
www.islandfarm.fsnet.co.uk /Luftwaffe%20Attacks%20On%20South%20Wales.htm   (2654 words)

  
 SPACE-TALK - Yeehaa... High-explosive fuels
Keep in mind this whole time I'm assuming high-yield explosives are more energy dense than an H2/O2 mixture, and that the explosive is not detonated all at once, maybe powderized or liquified and sprayed into an exhaust nozzle (or combustion chamber first) to detonate, with throttle and everything.
...to their explosive process than just chemical high explosives, weed_eater_guy.
My guess would be that most of those explosives don't need oxygen to react, making them dangerous even when stored in a sealed tank.
www.space-talk.com /ForumE/showthread.php3?threadid=2789   (692 words)

  
 Maximite- what is it? Safest High Explosive? - Archive Thread - The Explosives and Weapons Forum
His discusion culminated in his own compound, maximite, a powerfull high explosive so stable that it would not be detonated even as it penetrated heavy armor, but was then exploded by a delayed-action fuse he also designed.
High Explosives This section is for discussion about high explosive compounds.
The Explosives and Weapons Forum > Chemistry Discourse > High Explosives
www.roguesci.org /theforum/showthread.php?t=56   (360 words)

  
 Reaction Modeling of High Explosive Materials
High explosive materials produce a large amount of energy when they detonate.
We present results for modeling the kinetic reaction networks involved in these detonations, for the high explosive materials HMX and RDX.
As such they are important in the construction and mining industries where they are used to remove large amounts of earth and stone, in the rocket propulsion industry as solid fuel propellants, and in the weapons industry, in both conventional and nuclear weapons.
www.wag.caltech.edu /anmeeting/1999/talks/b10   (334 words)

  
 Light Initiated High Explosive Impulse Load Calibration
While procedures for formulation of the SASN explosive remain nearly the same as those in the past, it is desired to understand whether the current explosive product is similar or the same to that produced circa 1992.
To achieve this understanding, an explosive calibration test series has been completed using explosive formulated by today’s chemical constituents, processes and procedures, and personnel.
While in operation prior to 1992, an explosive calibration curve had been developed to accurately predict the impulse load delivered by the spray deposited silver acetylide – silver nitrate (SASN) explosive.
www.saviac.org /75th_Symposium/abstracts/U-043.htm   (238 words)

  
 High Explosive Movie Poster
So, in order to make amends, he makes one last super-dooper, really-risky "High Explosive" haul where he almost certainly won't survive.
The only thing is, the truck company hauls "High Explosive" nitroglycerine.
But, he just can't control his daredevil hot rod ways, and an accident takes the life of a fellow trucker.
www.sd455.com /moviehighexplosive.htm   (117 words)

  
 High Explosive
The first WTC bombing of 26 February,1993 is an excellent example of a potentially devastating mixture of cyanide with the explosive.
It is important to remember, however, that recent terrorist events have demonstrated the lengths to which an enemy will go to utilize NON-conventional explosives such as airplanes (jet fuel) and various mixtures of nitrogenous fertilizers/fuel, etc. I will attempt to address these in the future as they have unique characteristics and handling requirements.
Descriptions of Conventional Explosives-The Ordnance Shop A brief review of common conventional explosives used in warfare.
www.usuhs.mil /cbw/high_explosive.htm   (362 words)

  
 VH1.com : Movies : Movie : High Explosive : Plot
High Explosive was a lucrative entry produced by Paramount's "Two Dollar Bills," William Pine and William Thomas.
High Explosive is a Hollywood "B" precursor to the later, more critically lionized The Wages of Fear.
His diligence is motivated by guilt; Morris had been responsible for the training death of his girl friend's (Jean Parker) brother.
www.vh1.com /movies/movie/61347/plot.jhtml   (142 words)

  
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The EOD under the leadership of Q Mines, Tay Taylor, were tasked and when approaching the device, determined that it was an 81mm high explosive mortar that had been hidden in the peat since the 1982 Conflict.
Jamie said he knew what to do because the Joint Services Explosive Ordinance Detachment in the Falklands make regular appearances at school assemblies to teach children in the Falklands what to do if they find something that looks dangerous.
He then pointed it out to his grandfather, Bill Curtis, who asked Roy Smith, a member of the camping party, to place the call to the Explosive Ordinance Detachment based in Stanley..
www.sartma.com /art.php?artid=81&skip=1   (314 words)

  
 Moviefone: High Explosive Movie
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 Petrified Truth: High explosive lies
Additional note: Bill Gertz's report on Russian complicity in the disappearance of the high explosives prior to the American-led invasion comes with corroboration from the past: former Romanian spy chief Ion Mihai Pacepa's explanation in 2003 that Russian military intelligence was in Iraq to implement their Sarindar plan.
Following a detailed 12-point examination of just how implausible are the charges that the U.S. military allowed hundreds of tons of IAEA-tagged high explosives to be looted from the Al Qa Qaa complex in Iraq, Ralph Peters offers a pointed conclusion:
The Soviet Union and all its bloc states always had a standard operating procedure for deep sixing weapons of mass destruction — in Romanian it was codenamed "Sarindar," meaning "emergency exit."
www.petrifiedtruth.com /archives/002052.html   (400 words)

  
 Jason Bradbury: DVD+High Explosive=Glitter
The denouement involved a mortar and some high explosive – with which we blasted the gear against a brick wall.
But here’s a hint… we may have been a little over enthusiastic on the explosive – oops.
The item will be aired in the first two episodes of series 2 of The Gadget Show so I won’t let any cats out of bags until after it’s been on the telly.
www.jasonbradbury.com /jason_bradbury/2005/01/dvdhigh_explosi.html   (780 words)

  
 High explosive anti-tank - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
High explosive anti-tank (HEAT) rounds are made of an explosive shaped charge that uses the Neumann effect (a development of the Munroe effect) to create a very high-velocity jet of metal in a state of superplasticity that can punch through solid armor.
HEAT was particularly useful to them because it allowed the low-velocity large-bore guns used on their numerous assault guns to become useful anti-tank weapons as well.
HEAT rounds of varying effectiveness were produced for almost all weapons from infantry weapons like rifle grenades and the M203 grenade launcher, to larger dedicated anti-tank systems like the Carl Gustav recoilless rifle.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/High_explosive_anti-tank   (1705 words)

  
 High Explosive (2000)
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 HIGH-EXPLOSIVE AMMUNITION
contain about 2.10 pounds of composition B explosive.
contains about 2.10 pounds of composition B explosive.
The M374A3 HE cartridge is constructed from pearlitic malleable cast iron and
www.tpub.com /content/USMC/mcr3152a/css/mcr3152a_146.htm   (354 words)

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