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Cast Boosters
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1.1. Economy and Reliability
Dyno Nobel's composition boosters optimize borehole initiation of all common booster
sensitive explosives. They are a product of our automated, state-of-the-art manufacturing
process at the world's newest booster plant. The result is an economical booster with
consistent quality and high performance from a reliable U.S. manufacturer.
1.2. Application Flexibility
Composition boosters are available in standard, cord-sensitive, slider and stinger
configurations to make them easy to use with all types of initiation systems.
1.3. High Visibility
Fluorescent color packaging reduces the possibility of losing or misplacing charges.
1.4. Unlimited Shelf Life
Shelf life is unlimited and freeze/thaw cycles are no problem.
1.5. No Headaches
Cast pentolite boosters do not contain nitroglycerin.
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1.6. Trojan® Brand Cast Boosters
Trojan Spartan.pdf                                   Trojan Spartan (French).pdf
Trojan Spartan SL.pdf                              Trojan Spartan SL
(French).pdf
Trojan Stinger.pdf                                     Trojan Stinger (French).pdf
Trojan NB.pdf                                            Trojan NB Universal.pdf
Trojan Twinplex.pdf
1.7. Dyno Nobel Brand Cast Boosters
Dyno Nobel Brand Booster D Series
Dyno Nobel Brand Booster DS Series
Dyno Nobel Brand Booster C Series
Dyno Nobel Brand Booster CS Series
Dyno Nobel Brand Stinger Boosters
Cast Booster MSDS #1108.pdf
CastBooster MSDS # 1108 (French).pdf

2. Booster Explosives
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Booster explosives are those components of the explosive train that function to transmit and
augment the force and flame from the initiating explosive. They ensure the reliable
detonation or burning of the main burster charge or propellant charge. Propelling charges use
a black powder booster, while high-explosive boosters use one of the following: Tetryl, CH-
6, or Composition A-5.
2.1. Tetryl (2,4,6-trinitrophenyl-methylnitramine)
Tetryl is a nitramine booster explosive, though the use has been largely superseded by RDX.
Tetryl is sensitive secondary high explosive used as a booster, a small charge placed next to
the detonator in order to propagate the detonation into the main charge. While it is commonly
known as Tetryl it is in fact Trinitrophenylmethylnitramine (derivative of Benzene). This is a
standard booster explosive. Tetryl is a fine yellow crystalline material. When tetryl is heated,
it first melts, then decomposes and explodes. It burns readily and is more easily detonated
than explosive D.
It is a yellow crystalline solid powder material, practically insoluble in water but soluble in
Acetone, Benzene and other solvents. It burns readily and is more easily detonated than TNT
or Ammonium Picrate (Explosive D), being about as sensitive as Picric Acid. It is detonated
by friction, shock, or spark . It remains stable at all temperatures which may be encountered
in storage. It is generally used in the form of pressed pellets, and has been approved as the
standard bursting charge for small-caliber projectiles, since it gives much better
fragmentation than TNT. It also has greater shattering ability than any other military high
explosive, and must be properly protected from bullet fire . Its rate of detonation is 23,600-
23,900 feet per second. Tetryl is the basis for the service Tetryl blasting caps necessary for
positive detonation of TNT. A mixture of Fulminate of Mercury and Potassium Chlorate is
included in the cap to insure detonation of Tetryl.
The most toxic ordnance compounds, tetryl and 1,3,5-TNB, are also the most degradable.
Therefore these chemicals are expected to be short-lived in nature, and environmental
impacts would not be expected in areas that are not currently subject to chronic inputs of
these chemicals. Tetryl decomposes rapidly in methanol/water solutions, as well as with heat.
All aqueous samples expected to contain tetryl should be diluted with acetonitrile prior to
filtration and acidified to pH <3. All samples expected to contain tetryl should not be exposed
to temperatures above room temperature. In addition, degradation products of tetryl appear as
a shoulder on the 2,4,6-TNT peak. Peak heights rather than peak areas should be used when
tetryl is present in concentrations that are significant relative to the concentration of 2,4,6-
TNT.
2.2. CH-6
CH-6 is a mixture of 97.5% RDX (described in the next section), 1.5% calcium stearate,
0.5% polyisobutylene, and 0.5% graphite. It is a finely divided gray powder that is less toxic
and more available than tetryl.
2.3. Composition A-5
Composition A-5 is a mixture of 98.5% RDX and 1.5% stearic acid.
2.4. NQ [Nitroguanidine / Picrate]
Ammonium Picrate (Yellow D / Explosive D), or Picric Acid or 2,4,6-trinitrophenol,
C6H2(NO2)3OH, a toxic yellow crystalline solid that melts at 122°C and is soluble in most
organic solvents. Picric acid is a derivative of phenol. It reacts with metals to form metal
picrates, which like picric acid itself are highly sensitive explosives that can be detonated by
heat, flame, shock, or friction.
The high explosives lyddite and melinite are composed mostly of compressed or fused picric
acid. Picric acid is often used as a booster to detonate another, less sensitive explosive, such
as TNT (trinitrotoluene ). Although picric acid, a nitramine explosive, can be synthesized by
nitration of phenol, higher yields are obtained if chlorobenzene is used as a starting material;
the latter method involves several steps and the formation of several intermediate products. In
addition to its use in explosives, picric acid has been used as a yellow dye, as an antiseptic,
and in the synthesis of chloropicrin, or nitrotrichloromethane, CCl 3 NO 2 , a powerful
insecticide.
A UXO item without a fuze is relatively safe (crystallized bulk explosives, picrate salts,
chemical, and white phosphorous rounds excepted).