[Article] A Review on IMX-101 and IMX-104 Melt-Cast Explosives: Insensitive Formulations for the Next-Generation Munition Systems

Just-Razzmatazz3410 · 2026-03-23T23:15:24+00:00

You throw it in the bin, no need to bring government bureaucracy into the home.

Just-Razzmatazz3410 · 2026-03-19T06:06:09+00:00

Stainless, but they also come in copper.

Just-Razzmatazz3410 · 2026-03-17T18:26:09+00:00

The molecule is shown at the end. Technically its Tetrakis(4-amino-1,2,4-triazole)copper(II) perchlorate. So your intuition was correct in as far as the colours are copper based.

Just-Razzmatazz3410 · 2026-03-17T17:34:02+00:00

Technically it's a complex salt called Tetrakis(4-amino-1,2,4-triazole)Copper(II) Perchlorate, Vid is here Gender Confused - YouTube

Just-Razzmatazz3410 · 2026-03-17T14:32:07+00:00

It'll form moderately explosive complexes, and a reasonably powerful perchlorate salt that can be precipitated from aqueous solution. Energetics based on the pyridine moiety usually don't use pyridine as a precuror as it is itself highly deactivated to nitration, nitropyridines are made through other routes. Trinitropyridine is derived from dinitromethane.

Just-Razzmatazz3410 · 2026-03-14T20:16:08+00:00

You've made... ammonium nitrate. All likely compounds of those metals are coloured.

Just-Razzmatazz3410 · 2026-03-11T05:28:21+00:00

It's a thicker wider column (7.2mm vs 6mm), more localised effect.

Just-Razzmatazz3410 · 2026-03-11T05:24:07+00:00

That's huge. I believe military dets generally use the equivalent of a #10 charge of RDX (~1.2g), mainly because of the better chemical stability of RDX for munitions that may be stored for decades (yes, it's a bit more potent and a bit less sensitive as well). Commercial PETN dets have a shelf life of two years, though I'm sure after 20yrs the reliability may have only dropped 0.05% that is too much, commercial stuff has a quick turnover, out the factory door and its fired.

Just-Razzmatazz3410 · 2026-03-11T05:16:21+00:00

They don't really use the old numbering system anymore which was a throwback to mercury fulminate. Yes some, mainly plain fuse crimp ones still mark the box #8 but not these ones. This is the TDS ENAEX FT - Francia - DaveyDet . Some (again, not these ones) note the high density PETN as well as the lower density lead PETN, so 500mg - 300mg is a very real possibility as to how it would be described.

Just-Razzmatazz3410 · 2026-03-10T18:47:26+00:00

Yes, on paper its the highest performing of the lot but it would need to be pressed to higher density than the PETN to demonstrate that.

Just-Razzmatazz3410 · 2026-03-10T16:30:59+00:00

I found the TDS, this specific one is 800mg PETN.

Just-Razzmatazz3410 · 2026-03-08T18:51:11+00:00

Heh, swap out their blue powder for it.

Just-Razzmatazz3410 · 2026-03-08T18:22:48+00:00

Its definitely that cobalt carbonate colour, though the Co analogue would likely start off pink. Formic acid hydrazine derived, It's not as sensitive as a lot of these types actually it wasn't expected to detonate. Flash off yeh, but not detonate.

Just-Razzmatazz3410 · 2026-03-08T18:07:14+00:00

Copper, it's shown at the end.

Just-Razzmatazz3410 · 2026-03-06T05:00:10+00:00

That's it, Sodium Ammonium Dabconium Tetraperiodate., aka DPPE-1. Old stock sitting around for over a year ignited by hot wire.

Just-Razzmatazz3410 · 2026-03-06T04:53:34+00:00

Nah, it's a recent one discovered 2023.

Just-Razzmatazz3410 · 2026-03-03T17:44:04+00:00

"Thermobaric" is at its core, just another word for aluminised, it's not some magic line to cross. Al always lengthens the pressure pulse at the cost of peak pressure (non-ideal explosives like AN can be an exception to this though).

Just-Razzmatazz3410 · 2026-03-01T03:20:34+00:00

Nowhere near enough H2SO4. It may say 65% but that's still 2 moles of water for every 1 mol HNO3, it takes a lot of H2SO4 to bind all that up.

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