Explosives Containing Aluminum

Comparison of High Explosives Containing Aluminum with Amatol and TNT , BRL-MR-211 (Sept 1943) 8) Anon, The Use of Secondary... 

Nonideal Detonation in a Composite CHNO Explosive Containing Aluminum. 

Blast Properties of Explosives Containing Aluminum or Other Metal Ingredients , PATR 2353 (1956) 5) S.D. Stein, G.J. Horvat O.E. Sheffield,... 

Ammonium Nitrate—Alkali Metal Nitrate Explosive Containing Aluminum of Particular Size Distribution... 

Trade name of a cartridged powder form explosive containing aluminum powder, distributed in Austria by DYNAMIT NOBEL WIEN. 

Y. Wakazono et al, Slurry Explosives Containing Aluminum Powder , S. AfricanP 69 07340 (1971) CA75, 104(1971)... 

Explosifs N (nitrates) b I aluminium (Nitrate Explosives with Aluminum). See under ALUMINUM CONTAINING EXPLOSIVES in Vol 1, pp A146-L A148-L... 

It is desirable to increase blast effect in the case of high capacity, light cased explosive weapons such as torpedoes, mines and high capacity aircraft bombs. It has been established beyond doubt that this is possible by the use of aluminized explosives which contain aluminum powder as an ingredient. 

Alumina. See Aluminum Oxide under Oxides Aluminized Explosives. See Aluminum Containing Explosives... 

Firecrackers contain flash powder (a mixture of an oxidizer such as potassium chlorate or perchlorate and powdered aluminum or magnesium) or black gunpowder in a paper tube. An attached fuse ignites the flammable mixture, which bums explosively, producing gases that rapidly build up pressure and burst the container. Aluminum and magnesium components produce brighter flashes. 

In 1967 Per-Anders Persson of Nitro Nobel AB in Sweden (now part of Dyno Nobel Europe) invented a non-electric initiation system, designated Nonel that has revolutionized this aspect of the explosives Industry. The Nonel system consists of an extruded hollow plastic tube that contains an internal coating of a mixture of powdered molecular explosive and aluminum. The plastic tube is inserted into and attached to a specially designed detonator or blasting cap. The Nonel tubing can be initiated... 

Ammonium nitrate explosives are mixtures of ammonium nitrate with carbon carriers such as wood meal, oils or coal and sensitizers such as -> Nitroglycol or -> TNT and -+ Dinitrotoluene. They also may contain -> Aluminum Powder to improve the -> Strength. Such mixtures... 

Composition Explosive mixtures containing aluminum, ammonium nitrate, and TNT. 

Widely used mixtures of explosives with aluminum powder include - Ammonals, - DBX, - HBX-1, -> Hexal, -+ Minex, - Minol, - Torpex, - Trialenes, -> Tritonal and Hexotonal. In addition underwater explosives often contain aluminium powders. 

EXPLOSION and FIRE CONCERNS combustible liquid NFPA rating Health 2, Flammability 2, Reactivity 0 flammable when exposed to heat or flame poisonous gases are produced in fire reacts explosively with aluminum during storage in a sealed aluminum container fire may be smoky due to incomplete combustion combustion by-products include hydrogen chloride, chloro-carbons, and phosgene use water spray, dry chemical, foam, or carbon dioxide for firefighting purposes. 

Precautions Fine powder forms flammable and explosive mixtures in air. Some suspicion, but no scientific evidence, that aluminum cookware, foil, or even ant-acid tablets containing aluminum, cause Alzheimer s disease. 

The oxygen balance of explosives is the excess or insuflhcient oxygen compared to that completely oxidizes carbon and hydrogen in the explosive to CO2 and H2O. If the explosive contains other combustible elements, such as aluminum, the calculation should be done based on that aluminum is completely oxidized to AI2O3. The oxygen balance (%) of explosive CaH O N can be calculated as the following ... 

The metals industry faces a similar phenomenon. For example, a high percentage of used aluminum products are recycled by being added to a vat of molten aluminum. If water is present in the recycled material (for example, an aluminum can may still contain liquid) a violent explosion can occur. This event is sometimes referred to as a steam trap explosion. The Aluminum Association has outlined the following mechanism for such an explosion ... 

---