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Under Water Warheads

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What is Explosive?
Explosives Master subtitle style are chemical mixtures or Click to edit compounds that, when subjected to heat, impact or shock, are capable of undergoing a rapid decomposition that release heat and gases, which in turn , expand to form high pressures.

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How it Works
Detonation occurs when the rate of chemical decomposition is greater than the speed of sound; deflagration occurs when the reaction rate is slower than theto edit Master subtitle style Click speed of sound. High explosives detonates where as low explosives deflagrate or burn. A high explosives detonation provides shock which fractures the casing. All explosives are mixtures that include carbon, nitrogen, hydrogen and oxygen, along with other additives that affect or provide special properties (for density, viscosity and water resistance).
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Classification of Explosives

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Additives to Explosives
Aluminum powder : When added to explosives, increases the detonation velocity of explosions or the specific impulse of solid rocket propellants. Barium nitrate edit Master subtitle style Click to : Ba(NO3)2; Industrial chemical, oxidizing agent, gives green color to fireworks; used in baratol explosive. BDNPA-F : For plastic bonded explosives, a polymer-plasticizer made from a 1:1 mixture 1:1 mixture of BIS 2,2-Dinitropropyl acetate and BIS 2,2-Dinitropropyl formal. Boric acid: Industrial chemical with a wide range of applications, including fireproofing and acting as a low density inert material in specialized exlosives. Hydroxyl-terminated polybutadiene : Known as HTPB, a polymer of butadiene, is a thick, sticky liquid, available with different viscosities, used as a binder for plastic-bonded explosives and solidfuel rocket engines, as an adhesive and sealant, and as a feedstock or polyurethane production.
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Additives to Explosives DMDNB: A compound contd with a high vapor pressure, 2,3-dimethyl-2,3-

dinitrobutane, used to tag plastic explosives and increase the probability of their detection. FEFO : insensitive liquid explosive binder used in explosive Click to edit welding and nuclear Master subtitle style weapon implosion systems; 1,1[methylenebis(oxy)]-bis-[2-fluoro-2,2-dinitroethane]. Lead nitrate: Pb(NO3)2; a toxic industrial chemical and oxidizing agents whose applications include stabilization in the manufacture of fabric polymers, infrared thermography, gold extraction with the cyanide process and heavy metal oxidizer in plumbatol slow explosive. Polyisobutylene : A synthetic rubber; mixed with oil to form the soft binder for Composition C-4 and other plastic explosives. Viton: A family of fluoroelastomers made from polymerized vinylidene fluoride; used in fuel system fittings, aircraft, chemical processing and plastic bonded explosive.
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Addition of aluminum
The addition of aluminum is highly exothermic producing 1590 kJ, as shown In an explosive composition the aluminum reacts with the gaseous products particularly in oxygen deficient composition where no free oxygen exists.

The volumes of gas does not change in the first two reaction, i.e 3 moles.

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