... a nitrate esters, a class chemicals that includes the highly explosive PTEN, begin to glow green. Traces of other classes of explosives, such as nitroaromatics like TNT, stay dark.
Trogler’s ...
... Angewandte Chemie, the compound has a particularly interesting characteristic profile: it is solid at room temperature, is a highly powerful explosive, and can be melt-cast into the desired shape.
... the discovery of nitroglycerin in 1846, the nitrate ester group of compounds has been known for its explosive properties. A whole series of other nitrate esters have been subsequently put to use as ...
... never been studied. Until now.
Using first-principle atomistic simulations of the detonation of the high explosive PETN (pentaerythritol tetranitrate), the team discovered that in water, when one ...
... plastic carrier bag containing
five kilograms of high explosives and scoops out a couple of
handfuls, which he ... a tunnel
1.2 metres (4ft) high and more than a hundred metres long in a bid
to evacuate ...
... machine, monitoring the air for biological, chemical and explosive agents.
Since then, the Livermore team ... 1,3,5-triazinane (RDX, a high explosive). Additionally, it was tested against pseudoephedrine ...
... large scale blast trauma wounds from high explosive detonations or high velocity missiles.
At Walter Reed ... participant, treats injuries from gun shots and high-speed auto and motorcycle accidents. "I ...
... in service in Amsterdam.
The major problem of using hydrogen in transport is the secure storage of this highly explosive gas. This can be realised by using metals that absorb the gas. However, a ...
... Lake Hind, Manitoba, and Chobot, Alberta, in Canada. Nanodiamonds can be produced on Earth, but only through high-explosive detonations or chemical vaporization.
Last year a 26-member team from 16 ...
Two geologists were charged with recreating the moon in Arizona
using high explosives, and teaching geology to Buzz Aldrin and Neil
Armstrong. They were at mission control when the Eagle landed –
...
... procedures prior to this type of eruption. The first description of a highly explosive volcanic eruption dates from the year 79 ... gave rise to an ash plume some 20 km high. The town of Chaitén, 10 km ...
