$35.00 SCIENTIFIC PRINCIPLES OF IMPROVISED WARFARE AND HOME DEFENSE Volume 3 History, Design, and Manufacture of Explosives Powders and Propellants, Aromatic Nitro Materials, Nitric Esters, Nitroamines, Dynamite and Related High Explosives, Specials, Explosive Ordnance and Shaped Charges, Pyrotechnics, Formulations, Uses, Material Handling, and Storage There are few problems that cannot be solved with the use of high explosives SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL INTELLIGENCE PRESS © 1997 BY TIMOTHY W TOBIASON For Academic Purposes OnlyScientific Principles of Improvised Warfare and Home Defense Volume 3 Copyright 1997 by Scientific and Technical Intelligence Press and Timothy W. Tobiason Printed in the United States of America Pubiished by Scientific and Technica Intelligence Press P.O. Box 59 Silver Creek Nebraska 68663 All rights reserved. Except for use in a review, no portion of this book may be reproduced in any form without the express written permission of the publisher. This book is intended for academic use only. Niether the publisher or the author assumes any responsibility for the use or misuse of information contained in this book.History, Design, and Manufacture of Explosives Table of Contents Introduction I-1 Chapter 1 Black Powder and Propeliants 1-1 Making Black Powders 1-3 Charcoal 1-3 Sulfur 1-4 Potassium Nitrate 1-5 Formulations 1-5 Commercial Manufacture 1-7 improvised Potassium Nitrate 1-10 Nitric Acid for Explosives 1-13 Field Improvised Nitric Acid 1-14 Improvised Black Powder 1-16 Other Powder and Propellants 1-18 Guanidine Nitrate 1-19 Benite 1-20 Red/White Powder Propellant 1-22 Chapter 2 Nitric Esters 2-1 Alkyl Nitrates 2-2 Ethyl Nitrate 2-2 Methyl Nitrate 2-2 n-Propyl Nitrate 2-3 Isopropyl Nitrate 2-3 Nitroglycerin 2-4 Dinitroglycerin 2-7 Mononitroglycerin 2-8 Nitroglycide 2-8 Dinitrochlorehydrin 2-8 Acetyldinitroglycenn 2-8 Formyldinitroglycerin 29 Tetranitrodiglycerin 2-9 Nitroglycol 2-9 Dinitrediglycol 3-10 Trinitrophenoxyethyl Nitrate 2-10 Nitration of Ethylene 2-10 Diethylene Glycol Dinitrate 2-11 Triethylene Glycol Dinitrate 2-13 Pentryl 2-11 Hexanitrodiphenylaminocthyl Nitrate 2-11 Trimethylene Glycol Dinitrate 2-12 Propylene Glycel Dinitrate 2-12 TC-1