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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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Flammable liquids should not be used for cleaning purposes near explosives or within an explosive area. This is because of the high risk of fire or explosion due to the presence of an ignition source. It is important to follow strict safety protocols and use non-flammable cleaning agents in such environments.
What are two scientists who discovered explosives?
It is unknown who invented the first explosive black powder.This was called gunpowder and originated in China around the tenth century.
In 1846, Nitroglycerin was discovered by Ascanio Sobrero
In 1846, Christian Schonbein discovered guncotton.
In 1863, TNT was invented by Joseph Wilbrand.
In 1865, Albert Nobel invented the blasting cap.
In 1867, Albert Nobel patented dynamite.
In 1888, Albert Nobel invented ballistite.(The term ballistics comes from this).
In 1889, Sir James Dewar and Sir Frederick Abel invented cordite.
How do you get cluster bombs in Call of Duty 4?
You get an air strike after a kill streak of seven kills.
When was the neutron bomb invented?
Credit to this invention usually goes to Lawrence Livermore Lab's Samuel Cohen in 1958. The ERW was tested in 1963. Development was halted by President Carter in 1978 and restarted by President Reagan in 1981. Some weapons were retired in 1992 by President George Bush. The last warhead was dismantled in 2003.
Did cavalry units in World War 2 carry grenades?
Calvary units were not a common sight during World War Two, because many leaders saw them as obsolete once the tanks came into play. Grenades were only used in bunker or urban warfare and since it would be pointless attacking a bunker or a building on horseback they were not issued to Calvary troops. They might have been issued if they were forced to battle tanks but thT would have been unlikely if you' re interested in Calvary troops during World War Two check out Mongolia.
smoke grenades are canister type grenades used as ground-to-ground or ground-to-air signaling devices, target or landing zone marking devices
Which is most powerful the hydrogen bomb the atom bomb or the uranium bomb?
The 'uranium bomb' is an A-bomb and is a first generation nuclear weapon. The hydrogen bomb or H-bomb is a 2nd generation nuclear weapon and generally many times more powerful. 'H-bomb' can also refer to 3rd generation nuclear weapons that have an additional mass off uranium to provide further fuel, triggered by the 2nd generation fusion reaction; these are the most powerful. But recent studies show that the H-Bomb has more mass, therefore more energy, and therefore has more energy. So the H-bomb is more powerful.
What grenades was used in Vietnam war?
US forces used the new smooth pineapple grenade (some called it lemon shaped) and the new baseball grenade came out in about 1969. The 40mm M79 grenade launcher was supplemented by the M-203 over & under (M16 rifle on top/grenade launcher underneath) in about 1970. The M-203 had a bad habit of dropping the 40mm cartridge out of it when loading, because in order to load it you had tilt the muzzle down, when you raised it muzzle level, or muzzle up, in order to slide the grenade's barrel closed; then gravity caused the 40mm shell to back out of the breech (it fell out). It took awhile to get used to. The M79 was simply an over-grown break open single barrel shotgun (40mm).
Enemy grenades were universally called CHICOMS (Chinese Communists) and consisted of a black cast iron cylinder shaped warhead mounted upon a 4 or 5 inch wooden hollow tube shaped handle. You un-screwed a cap at the base of the wooden handle, a white string with a metal ring attached to the end of it dropped out, when you pulled the ring there was a popping noise, smoke began it emit from the wooden handle, and you threw it. Smoke fizzled from it as it tumbled thru the air towards it's target. US grenades did not smoke.
How do you become an explosives expert?
In order to be an explosives expert you need to be an expert in math and energy science.
If you're serious about it, the Missouri University of Science and Technology offers a mining degree with an option to minor in explosives. They used to offer an exlosives engineering degree, but I guess that was discontinued.
What explosives were used on D-day?
Depends.
Infantry used everything from grenades and mortars to Bangalore torpedos (a 20+ foot long length of pipe filled with high explosive for cutting thick barbed wire and detonating landmines, thus leaving a safe passage.
Navy used everything up to their largest 16 inch shells, to soften the landing sites and attempt to destroy fortifications above the beach and behind it.
What are the hydrogen bombs after effects?
basically the same as fission bombs but as the yield of fusion bombs are typically much higher the effects are typically much higher.
Note: it is possible to build clean low yield fusion bombs with far less fallout than similar yield fission bombs, but the prompt radiation effects are worse.
That depends on yield, burst height/depth, exact effect you are concerned about, weather, and many other variables.
For detecting weapons it is rather simple to use ordinary metal detectors. A detector which would be able to indicate the size of the metal object and type of the metal detected, so you can quickly tell small metal objects like coins from large metal objects like guns.
As for chemical detectors of explosives and such, the most common detector is a sniffing dog and his guide and the most precise and sensitive detector is a sniffing dog with his guide. Plus dogs have their own intelligent decisionmaking and can learn a lot.
What kind of explosive was greater and faster than ammonium nitrate?
Ammonium nitrate is one of the slowest explosives in existence. Dynamites, PETN, TNT, HMX and RDX are more powerful (pound for pound) and have a higher rate of detonation.
I G Farben produced Mustard Gas (bis(2-chloroethyl) sulfide) during WW 1. They went on to produce other poison gasses, such as Phosgene, and during WW 2 produced Nerve gasses such as Tabun, Sarin, and Soman.
Well, although I don't think they have managed to construct one yet, i do know what they are intending to do...
this bomb contains a sealed container with no matter inside, just anti matter inside a vacuum, the antimatter hovers above an electronic flow of energy so the antimatter doesn't fall and hit one of the walls of the container. keep in mind the antimatter is a small speck,
now, when the bomb is set to go off, this electron flow stops and the antimatter is let to fall to the bottom of the container where in comes in contact with matter, they go through a process called annihilation where the both matters convert into a mass amount of energy, which is the deadly huge radiant explosion that will occur.
The effect would be similar to an atomic bomb put the explosion would be much larger for the amount of material and there would be little to no radioactive fallout. Such a device would release more than three times the energy of the Hiroshima atomic bomb for each gram of antimatter present.
Kamikaze- "The Divine Wind"
Does a hydrogen bomb explosion get hotter than the center of the sun?
I was reading Stephen Hawkings "A brief history of time" and noticed this
" One second after the big bang, it would have fallen to about ten thousand million degrees. This is about a thousand times the temperature at the center of the sun, but temperatures as high as this are reached in H-bomb explosions."
I know this is out of context, but apparently H-bomb explosions can reach upto ten thousand times the temperature of the center of the sun!
When was Wimbledon damaged by bombs?
According to the Wimbledon website (refer to the link, below), "In October 1940 a 'stick' of five 500lb bombs struck Centre Court, resulting in the loss of 1,200 seats."
What did the Chinese use to make explosives and a primitive flamethrower called a fire-lance?
Kamikaze (divine wind).
What is a self propelled missile usually launched by a ship or submarine?
The answer to this multiple-choice question was a torpedo. The reason that the question specifies "usually" is that ASW aircraft can launch torpedoes.
(The word missile in military usage always means self-propelled weapons.)
The ASROC is a rocket-boosted torpedo, and many other types of missiles are launched from ships and submarines, including cruise missiles such as the Tomahawk. Trident (FBM) submarines can launch strategic ICBMs.
*All submarine weapons are actually ejected from the vessel prior to its activation: torpedoes are ejected by water impulse, as are SUBROC, Harpoon, and Tomahawk missiles. Their motors start once they've cleared a certain range from the vessel. Ballistic missiles are ejected by air impulse - launch is near the surface, and the missile is ejected into a pocket of air or steam where the rocket motor ignites.
