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To: Lurker; Cindy

Same stuff the shoe bomber used or tried.....semtex, dupont, ensign bickford, royal ordnance, etc all use it as a primary. ANFO is a .60, Military Dynamite is .80, TNT is 1.0 and C-4 is 1.34 on the relative equivalency scale and PETN is 1.66 on same scale before you get into insensitive / sensitive exotics used in nukes etc ....

You can get this in a medical form, from cannibalizing uxo on a battle field or by stripping det cord.

Last but not least you can buy it, say you blew up 30 pounds of it , keep 10 pounds for yer buddies......common in military and construction to keep a little around for “emergencies”........

I read that somewhere........;o)


87 posted on 12/26/2009 11:33:02 AM PST by Squantos (Be polite. Be professional. But have a plan to kill everyone you meet)
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To: Squantos

PETN...thank you Squantos.

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http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/petn/index


108 posted on 12/26/2009 12:55:05 PM PST by Cindy
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To: Squantos
Same stuff the shoe bomber used or tried.....semtex, dupont, ensign bickford, royal ordnance, etc all use it as a primary. ANFO is a .60, Military Dynamite is .80, TNT is 1.0 and C-4 is 1.34 on the relative equivalency scale and PETN is 1.66 on same scale before you get into insensitive / sensitive exotics used in nukes etc ....

It was used in Nukes in the 60s along with Tetn.

Both have lower drop test than nitroglycerin


112 posted on 12/26/2009 1:29:10 PM PST by Uri’el-2012 (Psalm 119:174 I long for Your salvation, YHvH, Your law is my delight.)
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