It was manufactured in thin flexible sheets with a rubbery texture, technically known as a rubberized explosive and is generally colored either reddish/orange (commercial) or green (military). In use, it is typically cut to shape for precision engineering charges.
Compared to other explosives detasheet is very stable. It is detonated with a blasting cap or primercord but not by small-arms fire, heat, water, pressure, or concussion. Detasheet is relatively expensive compared to other explosives.
Ingredientsedit
Detasheet C, the last and most common version produced, was made up of 63% PETN, 8% nitrocellulose, and 29% acetyl tributyl citrate (ATBC), an organic plasticizer.[1]
Production statusedit
DuPont ceased manufacturing explosives in the 1990s and when they did the Ensign-Bickford Aerospace and Defense Company bought their product line, including all their equipment and trademarks. The Detasheet trademark is now owned by the Ensign-Bickford Aerospace and Defense Company, which has been selling an identical explosive sheet product called Primasheet.[1] since 1984. Primasheet-1000 and Detasheet are identical and when purchased the packaging contains both trademarks.
Deta Flexedit
A military variant of Detasheet, called Deta Flex, was manufactured in a single thickness (0.25 inch (6.25 mm)) and olive green colored. Deta Flex contains a higher percentage of PETN (70%).[1]
LX-02-1edit
A version of Deta Flex is manufactured for Department of Energy research purposes, colored blue and manufactured in various thicknesses. LX-02-1 contains 73.5% PETN, 17.6% butyl rubber, 6.9% ATBC, and 2.0% Cab-o-sil.[1]
detasheet, flexible, rubberized, explosive, somewhat, similar, plastic, explosives, originally, manufactured, dupont, ingredients, petn, with, nitrocellulose, binder, contents, properties, ingredients, production, status, deta, flex, also, referencesproperties. Detasheet is a flexible rubberized explosive somewhat similar to plastic explosives originally manufactured by DuPont Its ingredients are PETN with nitrocellulose and a binder 1 Contents 1 Properties 1 1 Ingredients 1 2 Production status 2 Deta Flex 2 1 LX 02 1 3 See also 4 ReferencesProperties editIt was manufactured in thin flexible sheets with a rubbery texture technically known as a rubberized explosive and is generally colored either reddish orange commercial or green military In use it is typically cut to shape for precision engineering charges Compared to other explosives detasheet is very stable It is detonated with a blasting cap or primercord but not by small arms fire heat water pressure or concussion Detasheet is relatively expensive compared to other explosives Ingredients edit Detasheet C the last and most common version produced was made up of 63 PETN 8 nitrocellulose and 29 acetyl tributyl citrate ATBC an organic plasticizer 1 Production status edit DuPont ceased manufacturing explosives in the 1990s and when they did the Ensign Bickford Aerospace and Defense Company bought their product line including all their equipment and trademarks The Detasheet trademark is now owned by the Ensign Bickford Aerospace and Defense Company which has been selling an identical explosive sheet product called Primasheet 1 since 1984 Primasheet 1000 and Detasheet are identical and when purchased the packaging contains both trademarks Deta Flex editA military variant of Detasheet called Deta Flex was manufactured in a single thickness 0 25 inch 6 25 mm and olive green colored Deta Flex contains a higher percentage of PETN 70 1 LX 02 1 edit A version of Deta Flex is manufactured for Department of Energy research purposes colored blue and manufactured in various thicknesses LX 02 1 contains 73 5 PETN 17 6 butyl rubber 6 9 ATBC and 2 0 Cab o sil 1 See also editRubberized explosivesReferences edit a b c d e Cooper Paul W 1996 Chapter 4 Use forms of explosives Explosives Engineering New York Wiley VCH p 57 ISBN 0 471 18636 8 nbsp This article related to weaponry is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte nbsp This explosives related article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Detasheet amp oldid 1107549521, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
