Can you disarm a bomb with liquid nitrogen?
Originally Answered: Is it scientifically plausible to soak a bomb in liquid nitrogen to prevent its detonation? Yes, it is. This is one of the procedures used by the British during the later stages of WWII to disarm German bombs. When applied to the fuse on a bomb, it froze the battery and it could not fire.
What explosive has the highest detonation velocity?
Octanitrocubane
Octanitrocubane has a detonation velocity of 10,100 m/s, making it the fastest known explosive. Small amounts have been synthesized in the laboratory, but not enough for performance testing as an explosive.
How does a detonator work?
blasting cap, also called Detonator, device that initiates the detonation of a charge of a high explosive by subjecting it to percussion by a shock wave.
What happens if you heat up liquid nitrogen?
Under standard pressure, liquid nitrogen can only be heated to -196ºC (-320ºF). If you continue to add heat once it reaches that temperature, it will boil into nitrogen gas.
How long will liquid nitrogen stay cold?
If you put it in contact with something warm, that thing will get cooler, and the liquid nitrogen will get warmer, until eventually the system is all at the same temperature. If the liquid nitrogen is kept in a perfectly insulated container, then it will remain at that temperature forever.
Why don’t they cut all the wires in a bomb?
most bombs are destroyed by moving them to a safe location and detonated. no matter the configuration, or number of wires, if the bomb is electronically detonated, you can’t cut all the wires. this is because you can complete a circuit that will detonate the bomb.
Do bomb squads actually cut wires?
They’re very simple, very simple electronics, very simple circuits. If you were to cut any of the wires, you’ve probably broken the bomb enough to make it somewhat safer. Without having done a full investigation of what you’re dealing with, you generally don’t start cutting wires and hoping or guessing at things.
Why is nitrogen explosive?
The explosiveness of nitrogen-containing compounds is driven by the huge release of energy that occurs when the nitrogen-nitrogen triple bonds form. A second factor makes nitrogen compounds explosive: the newly formed nitrogen molecules form a gas, which can expand very quickly and form a shock wave.
What is c4 made of?
C-4 is made up of explosives, plastic binder, plasticizer and, usually, marker or taggant chemicals such as 2,3-dimethyl-2,3-dinitrobutane (DMDNB) to help detect the explosive and identify its source.
What is delay detonator?
A delay electric detonator is a type of electric detonator that has a time lag in seconds before detonation.
What is a bomb detonator?
What is a detonator? Detonators are small devices used for detonating a high explosive. In a nuclear weapon, the nuclear part (called the core or the pit) is surrounded by high explosives. The detonation of those high explosives is what causes the pit to implode (compress) and create nuclear yield.