Polymer-bonded explosives, also called PBX or plastic-bonded explosives, are explosive materials in which explosive powder is bound together in a matrix... 18 KB (1,161 words) - 18:26, 27 April 2024 |
forms are commonly categorized as: Pressings Castings Polymer bonded Putties (a.k.a. plastic explosives) Rubberized Extrudable Binary Blasting agents Slurries... 8 KB (1,017 words) - 15:56, 30 August 2022 |
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... 13 KB (1,346 words) - 00:40, 29 March 2024 |
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.... 2 KB (151 words) - 02:46, 27 November 2023 |
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 Torpex has long been superseded by H6 and Polymer-bonded explosive (PBX) compositions.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... 6 KB (686 words) - 06:12, 13 May 2024 |
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... 9 KB (800 words) - 07:25, 8 December 2023 |
Pakubuwono X, the tenth Susuhunan of Surakarta in Java, Indonesia Polymer-bonded explosive Pre-B-cell leukemia homeobox Private branch exchange, a telephone... 662 bytes (95 words) - 06:40, 15 October 2023 |
are commonly categorized as: Pressings Castings Plastic or polymer bonded Plastic explosives, a.k.a. putties Rubberized Extrudable Binary Blasting agents... 73 KB (8,329 words) - 06:43, 9 May 2024 |
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... 10 KB (1,115 words) - 16:23, 12 September 2023 |
one warhead which had high-performance but sensitive polymer-bonded explosive in its explosive lenses is reported to have nearly detonated in 2005 when... 15 KB (1,902 words) - 21:59, 24 March 2024 |
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... 9 KB (1,348 words) - 06:17, 14 August 2023 |
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... 6 KB (784 words) - 15:29, 11 February 2024 |
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... 57 KB (5,907 words) - 17:23, 6 March 2024 |
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... 57 KB (7,043 words) - 17:38, 11 April 2024 |
In explosives, wax or polymers like polyisobutylene or styrene-butadiene rubber are often used as binders for plastic explosives. For polymer-bonded explosives... 7 KB (779 words) - 16:45, 19 February 2024 |
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... 34 KB (3,637 words) - 16:39, 3 March 2024 |
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... 34 KB (3,325 words) - 19:31, 8 March 2024 |
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... 82 KB (8,603 words) - 13:55, 7 May 2024 |
Insensitive and fire-resistant LX-17 Polymer-bonded explosive, a type of high explosive using TATB as its main explosive ingredient (see Insensitive munitions)... 23 KB (3,053 words) - 16:08, 30 August 2023 |
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... 3 KB (382 words) - 16:37, 25 July 2023 |
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... 49 KB (5,363 words) - 21:56, 8 March 2024 |
Cladding (metalworking) (section Explosive welding) painting a pattern on one sheet; only the bare metal surfaces bond, and the un-bonded portion can be inflated if the sheet is heated and the coating vaporizes... 8 KB (984 words) - 15:34, 29 November 2023 |
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... 8 KB (1,041 words) - 04:58, 9 April 2024 |
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... 9 KB (956 words) - 04:14, 16 September 2022 |
Organic chemistry (section Polymers) fuels and explosives. The study of organic chemistry overlaps organometallic chemistry and biochemistry, but also with medicinal chemistry, polymer chemistry... 36 KB (4,203 words) - 23:07, 3 May 2024 |