R. Meyer J. Köhler A. Homburg Explosives

Index
Normalgasvolumen = Normalvolumen
= volume of explosion gasses
364
Norm-Brennkammer = standard
combustion chamber 60
Novit = mixture of hexanitrodiphenylamine,
TNT and aluminum
(swedish)
nozzle 237
N-P = triple base powders
Np 5; Np 10 = PETN phlegmatized
with 5 resp. 10 % wax (german)
NQ = nitroguanidine 228
NS = nitrostarch 233
NSP = black powder – smokeless
powder compound (german)
NSug = nitrosugar (USA) 233
NTNT = AN/TNT 78/20 (french)
NTO = Nitrotriazolone 234
NT = TNT/AN 30/70 (french)
N2N = AN/SN/TNT 50/30/20 (french)
NX = AN/trinitroxylene (french)
O
Oberflächenbehandlung = surface
treatment; also W inhibited propellant;
W restricted propellant 190;
271; 301
Obturate 237
Octogen = Homocyclonite = HMX
132; 141; 237; 252, 327
Octol = micture HMX/TNT 77/23 239
Octyl = Bitetryl = N,N'-dinitro-N,N'-bis
(2,4,6-trinitrophenyl)-ethylenediamine
(UK)
ohmmeter 58
Oktogen = Octogen (german) 237
ON 70/30 = N2O4/NO2 70/30 oxidator
(german)
onayaku = mixture of picric acid and
dinitronaphthalene (Japan)
onde de choc = shock wave 8; 78 ff.
onde de détonation = detonation
wave 8, 78 ff.
ONERA = Office Nationale d’études
et de Recherches, Paris
Optolene = liquid rocket fuel consisting
of vinylethylether, aniline, tar,
benzene and xylene (german)
oshokuyaku = picric acid, press
molded (Japan)
ouvreuses explosives de percée = jet
tapper 193
Ox = carborane-fluorocarbon copolymer
(USA)
oxidizer 143; 239
oxygen 329
oxygen balance 240
Olyliquit 203
Oxypikrinsäure = styphnic acid
(german) 300
Oxytetryl = trinitromethylnitraminophenol
Ozo-benzene = benzene triozonide
P
408
P1 = trimethyleneglycol dinitrate 345
P2 = methylene dioxydimethanol
dinitrate (USA)
P (salt) = piperazine dinitrate (USA)
P. A. = picric acid (french) 253
PAC = ANFO (german) 20
Palatinol = phthalic acid ester
(german)
PAN = explosive consisting of PETN;
pentaerythrol tetraacetate and AN
PANA = same mixture plus aluminum
(Italy)
Panclastit = mixture of nitrobenzene
and N2O4 30/70
Panzerfaust W Bazooka 31
paraffin 241; 327
parallel connection; also bus wire 47;
241
Parazol = dinitrochlorobenzene
(USA)
partial heat of explosion 160
paste 242
Patrone = cartridge 52
Patronendichte = cartridge density
53
PBAN = polybutadiene acrylonitrile
PB-RDX = polystyrene bonded RDX,
consisting of 90 % RDX, 8.5 %
polystyrene and 1.5 % dioctylphthalate
PBTC = carboxylterminated polybutadiene
(USA)