also known as putty explosives or blastics. Plastic explosives are especially suited for explosive demolition. Common plastic explosives include Semtex and...
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the plastic explosive family known as Composition C, which uses RDX as its explosive agent. C-4 is composed of explosives, plastic binder, plasticizer to...
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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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The Convention on the Marking of Plastic Explosives for the Purpose of Detection is a multilateral anti-terrorism treaty that aims to prohibit and prevent...
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Composition C (redirect from C-3 (plastic explosive))
The Composition C family is a family of related US-specified plastic explosives consisting primarily of RDX. All can be moulded by hand for use in demolition...
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Semtex (category Explosives)
Semtex is a general-purpose plastic explosive containing RDX and PETN. It is used in commercial blasting, demolition, and in certain military applications...
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of sound) are said to be "high explosives" and materials that deflagrate are said to be "low explosives". Explosives may also be categorized by their...
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RDX (redirect from Research Department Explosive)
mixtures with other explosives and plasticizers or phlegmatizers (desensitizers); it is the explosive agent in C-4 plastic explosive and a key ingredient...
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k.a. plastic explosives) Rubberized Extrudable Binary Blasting agents Slurries and gels Dynamites Castings, or castable explosives, are explosive materials...
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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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