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Bombs and Explosive Materials
Bombs are explosive weapons that are detonated by a timing mechanism or other means to release a destructive material. Explosive materials, or simply explosives, are substances containing huge amounts of stored energy that produce explosion.
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What is a bursting radius and how is it different from a lethal radius?
The bursting radius is the distance from a device that may cause wounds. The lethal radius is the distance that will cause death to 50% of persons exposed. A White Phosphorus hand grenade has a bursting radius of about 35 meters- it will not kill 50% of all persons within 35 meters. The 40mm HE grenade launcher projectile has a 5 meter lethal radius- it will kill 50% of the people that are within 5 meters when it detonates.
How powerful is a hand grenade?
The grenade now used by the United States army is the M67 grenade.
It contains 180 grams of Composition B explosives detonated by a 4 second fuse.
Anyone within 5 metres when it detonates is almost certain to be killed, those within 15 metres will be seriously injured if not killed, in addition it can send shrapnel flying over 200 metres which may cause additional casualties and damage.
You have to have a brain to be obsessed with anything...... so anyone obsessed by brains already has a brain.......but it is less likely that you will be obsessed with anything if you have one of those things with which you are obsessed.........so it all begins to seem a little circuitous and ironic.
What degree do you need to become an explosives expert?
no "Degree" necessary...
Military E.O.D. (Explosive Ordinance Disposal) are trained "Enlisted" Personnel.
See Film: "The HURT LOCKER"...
These persons require training in military "EOD Technical School"
Detailed background tests... psychological evaluations.... and (possibly the most important) CAN NOT be COLOR BLIND !!!! (CUT the RED WIre..... BOOOM!! --- see what i mean)
In the REAL WORLD ( non-military) it still seems that most explosives experts have had "military training"( after all... the MILITARY is the one who owns things that goes BOOM!)
principle of explosives safety
What company led the explosives industry at the beginning of the twentieth century?
By 1905, E.I. DuPont de Nemours and Company, one of the largest U.S. explosives companies, supplied 56 percent of the production of explosives in the United States.
What is the purpose of the Land Charges Act 1972?
to get taxes from the people and make the country a better place :)
to get taxes from the people and make the country a better place :)
How do you write ''throw your bombs'' in German?
throw your bombs = wirf deine Bomben (singular), werft eure Bomben (plural)
What are the effects of explosives on the environment?
It would be that animals would loose their homes and probably kill them.
What Smiths compilation is better The World Won't Listen or Louder Than Bombs?
If the answer was to be based on chart positions "The World Won't Listen" charted in the number two (2) position, while "Louder Than Bombs" charted in the number thirty-eight (38) position on the British charts. "The World Won't Listen" was not released in the U.S. thus it has no ranking on the U.S. charts. "Louder Than Bombs" was released in the U.S. and charted in the number sixty-three (63) position. Despite their various chart positions, Rolling Stone magazine ranks "Louder Than Bombs" as the 365th out of 500 greatest albums of all times. The 'Singles' compilation is as good, probably better, than either of those. Can you believe they are not in the hall of fame... what a shame.
What are the steps of a nuclear explosion?
I will give the full sequence of steps for a hydrogen fusion bomb, as the steps for a fission bomb are the same as the fission primary stage of the hydrogen fusion bomb.
- rapid assembly of a subcritical mass of fissile material to a supercritical mass of fissile material; this can be done using either gun or implosion methods.
- a neutron source fires a burst of neutrons through the supercritical mass of fissile material initiating the fission neutron chain reaction.
- (optional, only in boosted fission devices) the fission neutron chain reaction produces heat (millions of degrees) which ignites fusion in a deuterium tritium boosting gas mixture in a sealed capsule at the center of the supercritical mass of fissile material, producing a very large burst of neutrons through the supercritical mass of fissile material rapidly accelerating the fission neutron chain reaction.
- the fission neutron chain reaction completes in a period of time on the order of 10 microseconds, at which point the fissile material has expanded enough to have again become subcritical.
- the blast wave of the fission bomb explosion expands away from the bomb (this is the end of the fission bomb's nuclear explosion).
- x-rays (emitted by the fission primary stage beginning after step 2 and ending at the end of step 4) travel through a gap between the outside surface of the fusion secondary stage and the inside surface of the casing (called the "hohlraum" meaning cavity).
- the outer surface of the fusion secondary stage is ablated by the x-rays, causing a "jet reaction" driven implosion of the fusion secondary stage.
- as the fusion secondary stage implodes it compresses a plutonium rod (or pipe) called the "sparkplug" running along the center axis of the fusion secondary stage, very rapidly assembling the plutonium "sparkplug" from a subcritical mass to a supercritical mass.
- neutrons (emitted by the fission primary stage beginning after step 2 and ending at the end of step 4) travel up the center of the imploding fusion secondary stage and into the now supercritical plutonium "sparkplug" initiating the fission neutron chain reaction.
- the fission chain reaction in the "sparkplug" produces neutrons that breed tritium from the lithium in the lithium deuteride dry fuel in the fusion secondary stage; making a deuterium tritium fuel mixture in situ.
- the fission chain reaction in the "sparkplug" produces heat (millions of degrees) and pressure as it pushes out against the x-ray ablation driven implosion in the fusion secondary stage; initiating fusion of the deuterium tritium fuel mixture now in the fusion secondary stage.
- (optional, only in "conventional" hydrogen bombs this is left out in so called "clean" hydrogen bombs to reduce fallout) uranium-238, which cannot support a fission neutron chain reaction in the tamper of the fusion secondary stage is fissioned by the very high energy fusion neutrons produced by the fusion secondary stage; this can multiply the yield of the bomb by up to a factor of 10, providing about 90% of the total yield of the bomb.
- fusion (and uranium-238 fission if step 12 is used) ends when the fusion secondary stage has expanded enough that the temperature and pressure have declined enough that fusion cannot be sustained.
- (optional, only in high yield multistaged hydrogen fusion bombs) as many additional fusion stages after the fusion secondary stage may be added as desired (repeating step 6 through step 13 in each successive stage) with each stage being driven by x-rays and neutrons generated by the preceding fusion stage.
- the blast wave of the hydrogen fusion bomb explosion expands away from the bomb (this is the end of the hydrogen fusion bomb's nuclear explosion).
Is it a good idea to throw flashbang grenades at the raccoons in your backyard in a city?
No, not a good idea. First of all, you may blow up a part of your neighbors' yards. Secondly, you will probably be ticketed by the local police for disturbing the peace. And third, if you are lucky enough to hit your target, raccoon guts make an awful mess, and will likely ruin any chance of saving your "coon-skin cap".
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What is the Difference between a pineapple grenade and a frag grenade?
A frag grenade is a sphere shaped grenade and a pineapple grenade is narrow but some what wide, but there is no difference in explosions. I mean, one might go farther when you throw it but who knows.
How do you get bombs in ocarina of time I can't purchase them.?
You need to get the bomb bag first from the dodongos cavern which is the second dungeon in the game
How did the first hand grenade work or funktion?
It functioned by pulling a pin and releasing a handle. The release of the handle would allow the igniter in the grenade to work on the old fashioned explosive powder.
No idea how your question got to Bombs and Explosives, but typically C7 is the designation of the lowest of the cervical vertabrae- part of your backbone in between the shoulder blades. It is also the designation of a musical chord.
