Magnesium Incendiary bomb

Bombs, Magnesium. Incendiary bombs with magnesium as burning agent... 

Capt Roman L. Ortynsky, The 500-lb Incendiary Bomb, El. TDMR 1043, 1 May 45. (2) Capt William H. Daiger, Test of the 500-lb. Magnesium Incendiary Bomb, E12. TDMR 1049, 12 May 45. (3) Capt Julius Kovitz, Development of 500-lb Tail Ejection Incendiary Bomb, El6. TDMR 1016, 30 Mar 45. 

Memo, C Supply Div OC CWS for C CWS, 30 Sep 4l, sub Fire Protection of Magnesium Incendiary Bombs in Storage. CWS 314.7 Storage File. 

Metal Incendiaries. Metal incendiaries include those of magnesium in various forms, and powdered or granular aluminum mixed with powdered iron(III) oxide. Magnesium is a soft metal which, when raised to its ignition temperature, bums vigorously in air. It is used in either soHd or powdered form as an incendiary filling, and in alloyed form as the casing for small incendiary bombs. 

Aluminum is a very versatile metal with many uses in today s economy, the most common of which are in construction, in the aviation-space industries, and in the home and automobile industries. Its namral softness is overcome by alloying it with small amounts of copper or magnesium that greatly increase its strength. It is used to make cans for food and drinks, in pyrotechnics, for protective coatings, to resist corrosion, to manufacmre die-cast auto engine blocks and parts, for home cooking utensils and foil, for incendiary bombs, and for all types of alloys with other metals. 

The incendiary bombs usually contained thermite or magnesium incendiary mixture, and some smoke bombs contained a titanium tetrachloride mixture... 

Gum Incendiaries, such as 8% rubber soln in benzene, proved to be (when used in incendiary bombs) about K as effective on the wt basis as magnesium bombs. Being a sticky material, gum incendiary proved to be particularly suitable for use in scatter bomhs. 

THERMITE. A mixture of ferric oxide and powdered aluminum, usually enclosed in a metal cylinder and used as an incendiary bomb, invented by the German chemist Hans Goldschmidt around 1900. On ignition by a ribbon of magnesium, the reaction produces a temperature of 2200°C, which is sufficient to soften steel. This is typical of some oxide/metal reactions that provide their own oxygen supply and thus are very difficult to stop. 

Uses Alone as incendiary agent or as primary igniting incendiary for secondary incendiary material such as heavy hydrocarbons, or for igniting the casing of incendiary bombs made of a magnesium alloy. 

Tire M50A2 4 lb Incendiary Bomb was similar to British and German models. It was hexagonal in shape and had a body of cast-magnesium alioy (1.25 lbs), an iron nose plug and a sheet-metal tail. It was 21.3 long and... 

The German incendiary bombs used a kilogram of magnesium [2.2 pounds], but magnesium was in short supply. Starting in September 1941, NDRC set out to produce an incendiary bomb at least as effective as the... 

Because this reaction is highly exothermic, magnesium can be used in incendiary bombs. 

Magnesium Dolomite ([Mg.CalCOg) Electrolysis of fused MgClg (obtained from brines) Lightweight structures (alloys) Sacrificial electrodes Flares, pyrotechnics, incendiary bombs... 

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