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R. Meyer J. Köhler A. Homburg Explosives

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387 Index<br />

AT = anti-tank = armor piercing<br />

weapon<br />

Athodyd = aerodynamic-thermodynamic<br />

= ramjet<br />

Attrappen = mock explosives 216<br />

Audibert tube 22; 246<br />

Auflegerladung = mud cap 2; 43; 218<br />

Aunt Jemima = 80 % fine ground<br />

HMX (W Octogen) and 20 % plain,<br />

old flour. It served for camouflage<br />

storage of sabotage explosive in<br />

World War II.<br />

Aurol = concentrated hydrogen<br />

peroxide (german) 23<br />

Ausbauchung W lead block test 196<br />

aushärten = curing 67<br />

ausschwitzen = exudation 136<br />

Ausströmungsgeschwindigkeit = jet<br />

velocity 147<br />

AUSTROGEL G1 und AUSTROGEL<br />

G2 = commercial explosives<br />

(Austria) 23<br />

average burning rate 23<br />

azides 12; 23; 194; 283; 342<br />

azoture d’ammonium 12<br />

azoture d’argent 283<br />

azoture de plomb 194<br />

azotures 12; 23; 194; 283; 342<br />

B<br />

B W B-black powder 31, 35<br />

B W composition B 62<br />

B W poudre B = nitrocellulose powder<br />

(french) 262<br />

B W B-Stoff = german tarning name<br />

for methanol<br />

B4 = mixture 60–70 % trinitroanisol<br />

and 30– 40 % aluminum (italy)<br />

Bachmann process (RDX-Synthesis)<br />

70<br />

ballistic bomb 23<br />

ballistic modfiers 137; 194; 199<br />

ballistic mortar 26; 37; 297<br />

Ballistite = double base powder with<br />

high percentage of nitroglycerine<br />

ball powder 28; 156<br />

BAM = Bundesanstalt für Materialprüfung<br />

(german) 28; 141; 162;<br />

186<br />

BAM testing methods 141; 162; 186<br />

banc d’essai = rocket test stand<br />

273<br />

Baratols 28<br />

barium chlorate 28<br />

barium nitrate 29; 161; 324<br />

barium perchlorate 29<br />

barium sulfate 161; 329<br />

Barlow bomb = mixture of liquid<br />

oxygen with fuel<br />

Baronal = mixture of barium nitrate<br />

with TNT ald aluminum 50/35/15<br />

barricade 29<br />

base bleed propellants 31<br />

base charge 31<br />

bâtiment habite = inhabited building<br />

136<br />

Bazooka 31<br />

B-black blasting powder 31; 35<br />

Bengal fire works W pyrotechnical<br />

compositions 269<br />

Benzit = trinitrobenzene (german)<br />

348<br />

benzoyl peroxide 31<br />

Bergbau-Versuchsstrecke = german<br />

institution for testing and amittance<br />

of permissible explosives, detonators<br />

and accessories 363<br />

Bergmann-Junk-test 32; 178<br />

Bernoulli’s equation 290<br />

Berstscheibe = safety diaphragm 274<br />

Berthollet’s detonating silver 284<br />

Besatz = stemming 296<br />

Beschußempfindlichkeit = bullet<br />

impact sensitivity 43; 266; 273<br />

bewohntes Gebäude = inhabited<br />

building 136<br />

BF-122; -151 = polysulfide binder<br />

propellant (thiokol)<br />

BGO; BGY; BIC; BID; BIE; BIL; BIM;<br />

BIP; BLB; BLC: various castable<br />

double base propellants (USA)<br />

Bichel bomb 33; 364<br />

Bickford’s safety fuse 274<br />

BICT = Bundesinstitut für Chemisch-<br />

Technische Untersuchungen (german)<br />

33<br />

bilan d’oxygène = oxygen balance<br />

240<br />

Bildungs-Energie-Enthalpie = formation<br />

energy (enthalpy) 117; 324

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