From outside, the High Explosives Applications Facility at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) looks like just another office or laboratory building. Inside, however, some of the nation’s ...

Explosives have an inherent problem -- they should be perfectly safe for handling and storage but detonate reliably on demand. Explosives have an inherent problem -- they should be perfectly safe for ...

THE influence of adulterating grit on the impact and friction sensitivity of a number of explosives has been shown to be considerable 1. It is generally agreed that grit sensitizers act through ...

Three new explosives from three different labs have attractive properties such as simple syntheses and relative insensitivity, making some of them possible candidates to replace current military ...

The sensitive explosives used in initiating devices like primers and detonators are called primary explosives. Successful detonations of secondary explosives are accomplished by suitable sources of ...

(Nanowerk Spotlight) Whether it's an airport screening station or in-the-field terrorism investigations, trace detection of explosives – which are chemical compounds – generally involves the ...

(Nanowerk Spotlight) In recent years, spread of terrorism has assumed an alarming proportion across the globe, emphasizing the need for sensitive and reliable detection of concealed explosives, ...