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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forms are commonly categorized as: Pressings Castings Polymer bonded Putties (a.k.a. plastic explosives) Rubberized Extrudable Binary Blasting agents Slurries...
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LX-14 (category Polymer-bonded explosives)
LX-14 and LX-14-0 are polymer-bonded explosives developed by Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory and used in nuclear weapons in the United States....
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Torpex (redirect from Torpedo explosive)
Operation Aphrodite. Torpex has long been superseded by H6 and Polymer-bonded explosive (PBX) compositions. It is therefore regarded as obsolete and Torpex...
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sticks of C-4 Bomb Composition B Fuse Polymer-bonded explosive ANFO Semtex Use forms of explosives "Explosives – Compositions". GlobalSecurity.org. Archived...
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HMX (redirect from His Majesty's Explosive)
weapons, in the form of polymer-bonded explosive, and as a solid-rocket propellant. HMX is used in melt-castable explosives when mixed with TNT, which...
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Insensitive munition (redirect from Insensitive high explosive)
insensitive high explosives (IHE) such as triaminotrinitrobenzene (TATB) or various insensitive explosive mixtures, or plastic/polymer-bonded explosives, which...
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Pakubuwono X, the tenth Susuhunan of Surakarta in Java, Indonesia Polymer-bonded explosive Pre-B-cell leukemia homeobox Private branch exchange, a telephone...
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been used to study the effects of long-term ageing on TATB and polymer-bonded explosives. The W84 was briefly considered alongside the B61 Mod 12 for the...
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are commonly categorized as: Pressings Castings Plastic or polymer bonded Plastic explosives, a.k.a. putties Rubberized Extrudable Binary Blasting agents...
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Composition C (redirect from C3 explosive)
Plasticizer#Energetic materials Polymer-bonded explosive RE factor Semtex Rudolf Meyer; Josef Köhler; Axel Homburg (2002). Explosives. Wiley-VCH. p. 63. ISBN 9783527302673...
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one warhead which had high-performance but sensitive polymer-bonded explosive in its explosive lenses is reported to have nearly detonated in 2005 when...
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Polyvinyl nitrate (category Explosive polymers)
to mold (see Polymer-bonded explosive (PBX)). A common binder polymer is hydroxyl-terminated polybutadiene (HTPB) or glycidyl azide polymer (GAP). Moreover...
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RDX (redirect from Research Department Explosive)
component of many polymer-bonded explosives (PBX); RDX-based PBXs typically consist of RDX and at least thirteen different polymer/co-polymer binders. Examples...
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Shaped charge (category Explosives engineering)
type of plastic binder, such as in the polymer-bonded explosive (PBX) LX-14, or with another less-sensitive explosive, such as TNT, with which it forms Octol...
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the codename RE.179. The W59 primary (fission elements) used a polymer-bonded explosive codenamed PBX-9404. The British considered this to be unsafe, due...
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In explosives, wax or polymers like polyisobutylene or styrene-butadiene rubber are often used as binders for plastic explosives. For polymer-bonded explosives...
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Pentaerythritol tetranitrate (category Explosive chemicals)
often phlegmatized by addition of 5–40% of wax, or by polymers (producing polymer-bonded explosives); in this form it is used in some cannon shells up to...
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warheads per missile. Aging of the LX-09 polymer-bonded explosive used in the W68 led to decomposition of the explosive, separating the binder and plasticizer...
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Polystyrene (category Organic polymers)
and starch have also been produced. Polystyrene is used in some polymer-bonded explosives (PBX).[citation needed] Polystyrene (PS) is used for producing...
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Daniel O. (2003), "Micromechanics simulations of glass–estane mock polymer bonded explosives.", Modelling and Simulation in Materials Science and Engineering...
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Insensitive and fire-resistant LX-17 Polymer-bonded explosive, a type of high explosive using TATB as its main explosive ingredient (see Insensitive munitions)...
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Shock sensitivity (category Explosives)
detonator must be amplified by an explosive booster charge to secure reliable detonation. Some polymer bonded explosives — especially those based on TATB...
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exploitation or explosive ordnance disposal (EOD). The MP2 is a bomblet of 75 lb (34 kg) polymer-bonded explosive PBXN-103 high explosive for neutralizing...
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Taggant (category Explosive detection)
in plastic bonded explosives. There is a choice between four possible detection taggant chemicals which must be added to plastic explosives under the 1991...
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producing hydrazine, the starting chemical ammonia is bonded to butanone, oxidized by hydrogen peroxide, bonded to another ammonia molecule. In the final step...
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Jackie Akhavan (section The Chemistry of Explosives)
Centre for Defense Chemistry. Her research also is focused on polymer bonded explosives and their applications. During her tenure, she has received numerous...
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ethers are a class of compounds that contain an ether group—an oxygen atom bonded to two organyl groups (e.g., alkyl or aryl). They have the general formula...
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000 kPa) using a series of small high-explosive DATB (C6H5N5O6) charges, also known as the polymer-bonded explosive PBXN, chosen for its high melting point...
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In organosilicon and polymer chemistry, a silicone or polysiloxane is a polymer composed of repeating units of siloxane (−O−R2Si−O−SiR2−, where R = organic...
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