History
First man-made explosive
What is blackpowder?
The only approved IHE that meets DOE criteria
What is TATB?
Category of explosive developed in 1952 to reduce the sensitivity of newly-synthesized explosive crystals
What are plastic (or polymer)-bonded explosives?
Established in 1966, the method Pantex uses to synthesize hexanitrostilbene (HNS)
What is the Shipp Method?
Two high explosives used in Composition B, the main explosive used in Fat Man
What are RDX and TNT?
Two acids most commonly used in nitration reactions for the manufacture of explosives
What are nitric acid and sulfuric acid?
The original budget and final cost of the Manhattan Project
What are $6,000 and $2 billion, respectively?
Number of peaks in a proton NMR spectrum for trinitrotoluene
What is two?