How many classes of explosives are there?
There are three fundamental types: mechanical, nuclear, and chemical. A mechanical explosive is one that depends on a physical reaction, such as overloading a container with compressed air.
What is a Class C explosive?
Class C Explosives – a term formerly used by the U.S. Department of Transportation to describe explosives that contain Class A or Class B explosives, or both as components but in restricted quantities. (Currently classified as Division 1.4 materials.)
What are the two classes of high explosives?
There are two major categories, high explosives and low explosives. High explosives are further divided into initiating, or primary, high explosives and secondary high explosives.
How are explosives categorized?
An explosive is classified as a low or high explosive according to its rate of combustion: low explosives burn rapidly (or deflagrate), while high explosives detonate.
What are the different types of explosions?
There are three main types of explosions: chemical, mechanical and nuclear. Each type of explosion can be equally devastating and serious, causing unprecedented harm to the surrounding people, atmosphere and infrastructure.
What are division 1.1 explosives?
(1) Division 1.1 consists of explosives that have a mass explosion hazard. A mass explosion is one which affects almost the entire load instantaneously. (2) Division 1.2 consists of explosives that have a projection hazard but not a mass explosion hazard.
What is a 1.4 explosive?
Division 1.4 consists of explosives that present a minor blast hazard. Examples are common fireworks, toy caps, empty primed grenades, and some small arms ammunition. Division 1.5 consists of very insensitive explosives that have a mass explosion hazard.
What class of explosive is dynamite?
Class A explosives
Class A explosives: Possess detonating, or otherwise maximum hazard. Examples: dynamite, nitroglycerin, picric acid, lead azide, fulminate of mercury, black powder, blasting caps, and detonating primers.
What are two types of explosives?
6.3 Explosives There are two major categories, high explosives and low explosives. High explosives are further divided into initiating, or primary, high explosives and secondary high explosives.