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Parent topics
- Explosives [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Aliphatic nitrate esters [r]: Explosive compounds produced by O-type nitration in which a nitro group is attached to an oxygen atom of the compound being nitrated. (U.S. Army) [e]
Subtopics
- Gunpowder [r]: Generically, a low explosive used as a propellant, now smokeless powder; the older black powder was used as a warhead filler before the invention of high explosives; also used in pyrotechnics [e]
- Double-base propellant [r]: A form of smokeless gunpowder with the primary constituents being nitrocellulose and a plasticizer, such as nitroglycerin or BTN [e]
- Triple-base propellant [r]: Artillery catalyst [e]
- Nitric acid [r]: A pretty strong inorganic acid and oxidizing agent having the chemical formula HNO3, which is a clear, corrosive liquid at room temperature and pressure [e]
- Sulfuric acid [r]: A chemical compound with the formula H2SO4, which is the diprotic acid of the sulfate anion SO4-2. It can be classified as an inorganic strong acid which is a dense, corrosive, liquid at room temperature and pressure. [e]