A C-4 plastic explosive.

Plastic explosive (or plastique) is a specialised form of explosive material. It is soft and hand malleable and may have the added benefit of being usable over a wider temperature range than pure explosive. Plastic explosives are especially suited for explosive demolition as they can be easily formed into the best shapes for cutting structural members, and have a high enough velocity of detonation and density for metal cutting work. They are generally not used for ordinary blasting as they tend to be significantly more expensive than other materials that perform just as well in that field. Also, when an explosive is bound in a plastique, its power is generally lower than when it is pure. Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (3008x1960, 4192 KB) Lifted from [1] Caption: Pfc. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (3008x1960, 4192 KB) Lifted from [1] Caption: Pfc. ... Preparing C-4 explosive C-4 or Composition C-4 is a common variety of military plastic explosive. ... Look up plastique in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... Preparing C-4 explosive This article is concerned solely with chemical explosives. ... Demolition of the Old Myer Building, Perth, Western Australia. ... It has been suggested that this article or section be merged into Explosive velocity. ... In physics, density is mass m per unit volume V. For the common case of a homogeneous substance, it is expressed as: where, in SI units: ρ (rho) is the density of the substance, measured in kg·m-3 m is the mass of the substance, measured in kg V is... Rock blasting is the controlled use of explosives to excavate rock. ...

History

The first plastic explosive was Gelignite, invented by Alfred Nobel in 1875. Gelignite, also known as Blasting gelatin, is an explosive material consisting of collodion-cotton (a type of nitrocellulose or gun cotton) dissolved in nitroglycerine and mixed with wood pulp and sodium or potassium nitrate. ...   (October 21, 1833, Stockholm, Sweden—December 10, 1896, Sanremo, Italy) was a Swedish chemist, engineer, innovator, armaments manufacturer and the inventor of dynamite. ... 1875 (MDCCCLXXV) was a common year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ...

One of the simplest plastic explosives was Nobel’s Explosive No. 808, known also as "Nobel 808", developed by the British company Nobel Chemicals Ltd. well before World War II. It had the appearance of green plasticine with a distinctive smell of almonds. During WW2 it was extensively used by the British Special Operations Executive (SOE) for sabotage missions. It is also the explosive used in HESH anti-tank shells. Nobel Enterprises is a chemicals business based at Ardeer, near to near Stevenston in Scotland. ... Combatants Allied powers: China France Great Britain Soviet Union United States and others Axis powers: Germany Italy Japan and others Commanders Chiang Kai-shek Charles de Gaulle Winston Churchill Joseph Stalin Franklin Roosevelt Adolf Hitler Benito Mussolini Hideki Tōjō Casualties Military dead: 17,000,000 Civilian dead: 33,000... Mossy, green fountain in Wattens, Austria. ... Plasticine is a putty-like modelling material made from calcium salts, petroleum jelly and aliphatic acids. ... Odor receptors on the antennae of a Luna moth An odor or odour (see spelling differences) is a chemical dissolved in air, generally at a very low concentration, which we perceive by the sense of olfaction. ... Block quote |}Insert non-formatted text hereInsert non-formatted text here-- For other uses, see Almond (disambiguation). ... The Special Operations Executive (SOE), sometimes referred to as the Baker Street Irregulars after Sherlock Holmess fictional group of spies, was a World War II organization initiated by Winston Churchill and Hugh Dalton in July 1940 as a mechanism for conducting warfare by means other than direct military engagement. ... This article or section is missing references or citation of sources. ... Anti-tank, or simply AT, refers to any method of combating military armored fighting vehicles, notably tanks. ...

During and just after World War II a number of new RDX based explosives were developed, including Compositions C, C2, and eventually C3. Together with RDX these incorporated various plasticisers to decrease sensitivity and make the composition plastic. [edit] Headline text ANEWNGONEWGEQWMedia:Example. ... Plasticizers are additives that soften the materials (usually a plastic or a concrete mix) they are added to. ...

The origin of the U.S. term plastique is due to the plastic explosive introduced to the U.S. by the British in 1940. The samples of explosive brought to the USA by the Tizard Mission had been packaged by SOE ready for dropping to the French Resistance and were labelled in French, as Explosif Plastique. In the late Sepember 1940 during the Battle of Britain in the Second World War, a delegation arrived from the UK in the United States on a mission instigated by Henry Tizard, known as the Tizard Mission. ... This article does not cite its references or sources. ...

C3 was very effective but proved to be too brittle in cold weather. In the sixties it was replaced by C-4, also using RDX but with polyisobutylene and di(2-ethylhexyl)sebacate as the binder and plasticizer. Preparing C-4 explosive C-4 or Composition C-4 is a common variety of military plastic explosive. ...

Semtex was also developed in the 1960s by Stanislav Brebera by mixing of RDX with PETN and then adding binders and stabilizers. Semtex is a general-purpose plastic explosive. ... [edit] Headline text ANEWNGONEWGEQWMedia:Example. ... PETN (Pentaerythritol Tetranitrate, also known as Penthrite) is one of the strongest known high explosives, with a relative effectiveness factor (R.E. factor) of 1. ...

List of Plastic Explosives

• USA - C-4 (Composition C-4)
• United Kingdom - DEMEX, ROWANEX, PE4
• France - PE4, PLASTRITE (FORMEX P 1)
• Poland - PWM, NITROLIT
• Germany - Sprengkörper DM12, (Sprengmasse, formbar)
• Yugoslavia - PP–01 (C4)
• Slovakia - CHEMEX (C4), TVAREX 4A
• Austria - KNAUERIT
• Sweden - Sprängdeg m/46
• Czech Republic - Semtex
• Switzerland - PLASTITE produced by SSE

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Usage

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Plastic explosive is commonly used by engineers and combat engineers. The most common commercial use of plastic explosives is for hardening high manganese percentage steel. This material is typically used for train rail components and earth digging implements. For the Technical Symposium of NITK Surathkal Engineer , see Engineer (Technical Fest). ... A US army combat engineer setting up a communications cable. ... General Name, Symbol, Number manganese, Mn, 25 Chemical series transition metals Group, Period, Block 7, 4, d Appearance silvery metallic Atomic mass 54. ...

Some terrorist groups have also used plastic explosives, especially Semtex and C-4. In October 2000, terrorists used C-4 to attack the U.S.S. Cole, killing 17 sailors^[1] In 1996, terrorists used C-4 to blow up the Khobar Towers U.S. military housing complex in Saudi Arabia. C-4 has also been used in many of the Palestinian suicide bombings in Israel and the Israeli-occupied territories. Terrorist redirects here. ... Two United States Navy destroyers have borne the name USS Cole. ... Khobar Towers is part of an Al-Khobar, Saudi Arabia housing complex near Dhahran. ...

It is also believed to have been used for the 1944 July 20 plot to assassinate Hitler. Claus von Stauffenberg The July 20 Plot was an attempt to assassinate Adolf Hitler, the dictator of Germany, on July 20, 1944. ... Adolf Hitler Adolf Hitler (April 20, 1889 – April 30, 1945, standard German pronunciation in the IPA) was the Führer (leader) of the National Socialist German Workers Party (Nazi Party) and of Nazi Germany from 1933 to 1945. ...

Trivia

Some plastic explosives are in fact edible. During World War II one such explosive was given the nickname Aunt Jemima because it could be concealed by baking it in biscuits. In general terms, eating is the process of consuming something edible. ... Combatants Allied powers: China France Great Britain Soviet Union United States and others Axis powers: Germany Italy Japan and others Commanders Chiang Kai-shek Charles de Gaulle Winston Churchill Joseph Stalin Franklin Roosevelt Adolf Hitler Benito Mussolini Hideki Tōjō Casualties Military dead: 17,000,000 Civilian dead: 33,000... // A nickname is a short, clever, cute, derogatory, or otherwise substitute name for a person or things proper name (for example, Bob, Rob, Robby, Robbie, Robi, Robin, Robbo, RobBob, Bobby, Rab, Rabbie, Bert, Bertie, Butch, Bobbers, Bobert, Beto, Bobadito, and Robban (in Sweden), are all nicknames for Robert). ... Aunt Jemima is a trademark for pancake flour, syrup, and other breakfast foods. ... Wikibooks Cookbook has an article on Baking Baking is the technique of cooking food in an oven by dry heat applied evenly throughout the oven or only from the bottom element. ... This article does not cite its references or sources. ...