Plastic explosives (plastite) - explosives (explosives) and mixtures with plasticity .
Plastic explosives are usually more expensive than traditional ones. Therefore, such substances are not used for the manufacture of shells, but are used in military and engineering to undermine structures: to reliably destroy, for example, a rail , it is enough to encircle it with explosives and insert a detonator . Terrorists like to use such substances for their sabotage: it’s easier to hide on themselves or in things, and during the transition period, when dogs were often trained on ammonal or TNT and never on plastic, this gave a chance to pass the cordon.
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Terminology
The most accurate from a technical point of view is the term plastic explosives . Often used in colloquial language is the erroneous term plastid , plastid ( plastid C-4 ). Plastic explosive C-4 , developed in the USA , other plastic explosives are not called plastid or plastit. The term " plastids " is used in biology to refer to one of the organelles of the cell . Plastit is a registered trademark of several products (for example, acrylic adhesive for ceramic tiles “Plastit” ® [1] by Israeli company Termokir, plastic screws “Plastite” ® [2] by Research Engineering & Manufacturing Inc. ( REMIC ) from USA).
English uses terms
- plastic explosives - plastic explosives. The translation “plastic explosives” is illiterate.
- polymer-bonded explosives or plastic-bonded explosives (PBX) are plastic binder explosives.
In general, these terms are not equivalent.
Composition and classification
The chemical composition of plastic explosives is usually divided into:
- explosives with a polymer (plastic or elastic) binder
- plastic explosives with a low molecular weight binder
- water-filled plastic explosives - in which the water content far exceeds the equilibrium humidity
Polymer Binder Explosives
| Name | Explosive component and its contents | The polymer and its content | Application |
|---|---|---|---|
| PVV-5A | 85% RDX | 5% butyl rubber , 10% mineral oil | |
| PVV-7 | 71.5% RDX / 17% aluminum | 11.5% butyl rubber | Mine charges |
| Hexoplast GP-87K | 82.5% RDX | butyl rubber | Pulse processing of metals, explosion hardening |
| NATO name | Explosive component and its contents | The polymer and its content | Application |
|---|---|---|---|
| X-0242 | 92% Octogen | 8% polymer | |
| EDC-37 | 91% Octogen / Nitrocellulose | 9% polyurethane | |
| PBXN-5 | 95% Octogen | 5% fluoroelastomer | |
| PBXN-106 | RDX | Polyurethane | |
| LX-14-0 | Octogen 95.5% | Estane and 5702-Fl 4.5% | |
| LX-10-0 | RDX 95% | Viton -A 5% | |
| LX-10-1 | Octogen 94.5% | Viton -A 5.5% | |
| PBX-9501 | Octogen 95% | Estane 2.5%; bis (2,2-dinitropropyl) formal 2.5% | |
| PBX-9404 | Octogen 94% | Nitrocellulose 3%; CEF 3% | |
| LX-09-1 | Octogen 93.3% | bis (2,2-dinitropropyl) formal 4.4%; bis- (2-fluoro-2,2-dinitroethyl) -formal 2.3% | |
| LX-09-0 | Octogen 93% | bis (2,2-dinitropropyl) -formal 4.6%; bis (2-fluoro-2,2-dinitroethyl) -formal 2.4% | |
| LX-07-2 | Octogen 90% | Viton -A 10% | |
| PBX-9011 | Octogen 90% | Estane and 5703-Fl 10% | |
| LX-04-1 | Octogen 85% | Viton -A 15% | |
| LX-11-0 | Octogen 80% | Viton -A 20% | |
| Lx-15 | Hexanitrostilbene 95% | Kel-F 800 5% | |
| Lx-16 | Pentaerythritol tetranitrate 96% | "FPC461" 6% | |
| PBX-9604 | RDX 96% | Kel-F 800 4% | |
| PBX-9407 | RDX 94% | "FPC461" 6% | |
| PBX-9205 | RDX 92% | Polystyrene 6%; Dioctyl phthalate 2% | |
| PBX-9007 | RDX 90% | Polystyrene 9.1%; Dioctyl phthalate 0.5%; resin 0.4% | |
| PBX-9010 | RDX 90% | Kel-F 3700 10% | |
| PBX-9502 | Triaminotrinitrobenzene 95% | Kel-F 800 5% | Nuclear charges |
| LX-17-0 | Triaminotrinitrobenzene 92.5% | Kel-F 800 7.5% | |
| PBX-9503 | Triaminotrinitrobenzene 80%; Octogen 15% | Kel-F 800 5% |
Additional Information
- Plastic Binder Explosives
Links
- ↑ {title} (inaccessible link) . Date of treatment December 30, 2007. Archived December 10, 2007.
- ↑ reminc CONTI - Plastite and Pushtite Fasteners