Magnesium-methanol expls

Aluminum (or Magnesium)-Methanol (or Water) Explosives. According to Shidlovskii (Ref l),mixts of Al and H40(2 3) or Mg and HjO( 1 1) are capable of combustion when subjected to intense heat. The Mg mixture can be detonated with a primer while the Al mixt cannot. The same investigator claimed (Ref 2) that on the basis of theoretical calcns of.heat evoln, mixtsof Mg or Al with H,0 or ales are potentially more powerful expls that the usual military materials, with.Mg-MeOH giving the max gas evoln. The tests were conducted in bombs or lead enclosures with tetryl detonators to set off the mixts of powdered metal and the liquid. All mixts tested were found to be powerful expls with Mg-HjO being most sensitive to shock, while Al-HjO and Mg-MeOH were less sensitive and required a booster... 

Explosive Mixture of Methanol-Water-Magnesium (or Aluminum). On the basis of theoretical ealens of heat of evolution -t the author concludes that mixts of Mg or Al with water or ales are potentially more powerful expls than the usual military materials with MeOH-Mg giving max gas evolution. The experiments were conducted in bombs or lead enclosures with Tetryl detonators to... 

Expl mixture of methanol-water-magnesium (or aluminum) 6 E421... 

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