To: EvilOverlord; Nick Danger; AdamSelene235; section9; wretchard; Travis McGee; blam; Lazamataz; ...
"The researchers have proven that the effect works with TNT, nitroglycerin and the plastic explosives trinitrofenil-Nmetilnitramina (Tetryl), hexahydro-trinitro-triazine (RDX), octahydro-tetranitrotetrazocine (HMX) and pentaerythrol tetranitrate (PETN)."
RDX is what the Soviets stole from us to use in their first nuclear weapons. Their other conventional explosives had a nasty habit of pre-detonating due to the exposure to radiation.
15 posted on
10/19/2004 6:47:33 PM PDT by
Southack
(Media Bias means that Castro won't be punished for Cuban war crimes against Black Angolans in Africa)
To: Southack
RDX is what the Soviets stole from us to use in their first nuclear weapons. Their other conventional explosives had a nasty habit of pre-detonating due to the exposure to radiation. Ouch! That could be embarassing... ;-}
24 posted on
10/19/2004 7:43:36 PM PDT by
TXnMA
(If your highest virtue is tolerance, then you have no others.)
To: Southack
One of the cooler designs I've seen are antibodies designed to react with very low levels of explosives. Their optical index changes upon exposure. They are bonded on a prism and you look for the plasmon shift due to the index change. Very sensitive.
Bio-optical sensors....Tres chic!!
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