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...

and include Composition C-1, Composition C-2, Composition C-3, and Composition C-4. The term Composition is used for any explosive material compounded from...

putty explosives or blastics. Plastic explosives are especially suited for explosive demolition. Common plastic explosives include Semtex and C-4. The...

Wiktionary, the free dictionary. C4, C04, C.IV, C-4, or C-04 often refers to the explosive. It may refer to: Caldwell 4 or NGC 7023 or Iris Nebula, a reflection...

An explosive (or explosive material) is a reactive substance that contains a great amount of potential energy that can produce an explosion if released...

are fuse wells set at 45°. Internally the mine contains a layer of C-4 explosive behind a matrix of about seven hundred 1⁄8-inch-diameter (3 mm) steel...

mixtures with other explosives and plasticizers or phlegmatizers (desensitizers); it is the explosive agent in C-4 plastic explosive and a key ingredient...

High Explosive Squash Head (HESH) demolition projectile distances up to 2,400 m (2,600 yd). The HESH shell contains 18 kg (40 lb) of C-4 explosive. The...

A detonator is a device used to make an explosive or explosive device explode. Detonators come in a variety of types, depending on how they are initiated...

(127mm) MK22 Mod 4 rocket. The line charge is 350 feet (107 meters) long and contains 5 pounds (2.27 kg) per linear foot of C-4 explosive. If a MICLIC fails...

Polymer-bonded explosives, also called PBX or plastic-bonded explosives, are explosive materials in which explosive powder is bound together in a matrix...

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...

Irish, and Hannah decide to board Chang's warship and destroy it with C-4 explosives. However, when they fail to detonate, Irish and Hannah each volunteer...

control due to explosive decompression and structural failure. The accident marked the second operational loss and first fatal crash for the C-5 Galaxy fleet...

kilograms) of C-4 explosive. The plan was to move the robot to a point against a wall facing Johnson and then detonate the explosives. The device exploded...

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...

Examples of explosives used in bursting charges are TNT Composition B Ammonal Semtex RDX HMX ETN PETN C-4 Other suitable Binary explosives main charge...

a modern military context, is a projectile whose payload contains an explosive, incendiary, or other chemical filling. Originally it was called a bombshell...

self-proclaimed Al Qaeda member Richard Reid attempted to detonate the C-4 explosive PETN concealed in his shoes while on a flight from Paris to Miami. He...

solid that melts at 257 °C and decomposes at 254 °C. Nitroguanidine is an extremely insensitive but powerful high explosive. Wetting it with > 20 wt.-%...

chemical synthesis, but it is best known as an explosive material with convenient handling properties. The explosive yield of TNT is considered to be the standard...

hydrochloric acid gas inside the refinery. He then plants a series of C-4 explosive charges onto several oil tanks and in the control room and sets them...

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...

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...

Remotec ANDROS Mark V-A bomb disposal robot, which carried a pound of C-4 explosive. On July 11, 2016, inmate Larry Darnell Gordon opened fire on the third...

TNT or dynamite as well as other kinds of explosives, such as land mines, C-4s, and IEDs. A number of explosives contain chemical compounds which can be...

Intermittent explosive disorder (IED), or episodic dyscontrol syndrome (EDS), is a mental disorder characterized by explosive outbursts of anger or violence...

was injured in a bomb attack on his presidential compound. Multiple C-4 explosive charges were planted inside the mosque and one exploded when the president...

(127 mm) Mk22 Mod 4 rocket. The line charge is 350 feet (107 meters) long and contains 5 pounds (2.27 kg) per linear foot of C-4 explosive. In the event a...

torpedo juice is two parts ethyl alcohol and three parts pineapple juice. C-4 (explosive) § Vietnam War, where it would be chewed for a high McIntosh, Gary L...