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Pykrete - definition of Pykrete in Encyclopedia (545 words) |
 | Pykrete is a composite material made of 14% wood pulp and ice, invented by Geoffrey Nathaniel Pyke and proposed during World War II to the Royal Navy as a candidate material for making a huge, unsinkable aircraft carrier (Project Habakkuk), actually more of a floating island than a ship in the traditional sense. |
| Pyke managed to convince Lord Mountbatten of the worth of his project some time around 1942, and trials were made in two locations in Alberta in Canada. |
| Blocks of Pykrete were attacked with various explosives and it was found that a charge corresponding to a torpedo warhead would have made only a minor dent in the planned Habakkuk carrier. |
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