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Napalm is a mixture of a thickening gelling agent and petroleum or a similar fuel for use in an incendiary device. It consist on polystyrene (46 parts), gasoline (33 parts) and benzene (21 parts). Napalm was first developed in 1942 by Harvard researchers cooperating with the U.S. army and used in bombs and flame throwers by mixing a powdered aluminum soap of naphthalene with palpitate (hence napalm).
No one is claiming credit for the development of napalm.
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Why do they call it napalm strike?
because it uses a weapon called a napalm bomb. napalm is basically gelled gasoline and is very sticky.
What gasoline-based bomb was used to expose vietcong tunnels and hideouts and set fire to the jungles of Vietnam?
The substance was Napalm. It is a mixture of plastic polystyrene, hydrocarbon benzene, and gasoline. When dropped in a bomb it is capable of destroying an area as big as 2,400 square yards, or about half an acre.
What is mixed with napalm to make a fire bomb?
Petroleum jelly.
What gasoline based bomb was used to expose vietcong tunnels and hideouts and set fire to the jungles of Vietnam?
Napalm .
Where is the Picture of a Japanese child running in the street after atomic bomb blast?
I think the picture you are thinking of is the image of the young girl running after being bombed by Napalm in the vietnam war. The image is coined Napalm girl
Which is more powerful napalm bomb or nuclear bomb?
Nuclear. Napalm is simply gelled gasoline fire bomb.
Why do they call it napalm strike?
because it uses a weapon called a napalm bomb. napalm is basically gelled gasoline and is very sticky.
What gasoline-based bomb was used to expose vietcong tunnels and hideouts and set fire to the jungles of Vietnam?
The substance was Napalm. It is a mixture of plastic polystyrene, hydrocarbon benzene, and gasoline. When dropped in a bomb it is capable of destroying an area as big as 2,400 square yards, or about half an acre.
What is mixed with napalm to make a fire bomb?
Petroleum jelly.
What is the mixed with napalm to make a fire bomb?
gasoline
What are the ingredients in napalm?
lots of gasoline and if you want to make it at home, add styrofoam in a particular way which i do not know
What is mixed with petroleum jelly to make a fire bomb?
napalm is the mix with petroleum jelly to create a fire bomb!
What is the difference between an atom bomb and an atomic bomb?
The atomic bomb killed millions of people in just one bomb , the napalm on the other hand , was nothing like it . Napalm is a chemical device ... it produces fire (it's also called jellied gasoline). An atomic bomb is a nuclear device ... and puts out considerably more energy.
Why was it named the napalm bomb?
A combination of the first words of two chemicals "Nap" and "Palm."
What is the difference between a fire bomb and a nuclear bomb?
A fire bomb is a conventional incendiary bomb: magnesium, napalm, etc. A nuclear bomb uses fission and/or fusion and is mostly a blast effect weapon.
Who dropped the napalm bomb?
You stupid you don't know, man the Koreans did why do you think we lost the war.
Can the chemical napalm cause skin cancer?
Official napalm-B contains benzene, polystyrene and gasoline. (As opposed to field-expedient napalm, which is made by putting a gallon of gas in a five-gallon bucket, then stirring in either Ivory Snow or pieces of styrofoam until no more will go.) Benzene causes cancer.
