PRODUCTION OF PLASTIC EXPLOSIVES

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00457R004800040008-4
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 23, 2016
• Document Release Date: November 18, 2013
• Sequence Number: 8
• Publication Date: April 27, 1950
• Content Type: REPORT

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? CENTRAL INILLIGENOE AGENCY REPORT
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SUBJECT Production of Plastic Explosives
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1. The plastic explosive produced in the Kamnik gunpowder factory is a German
invention, introduced to the factory by German engineers employed there.
2. The explosive is referred to by several names, such as Dualin, Sebastin,
and Seranin. Pyroxylin, especially prepared (cotton dipped in3a mixture .
of saltpeter or azote and sulphuric acid*), dissolves in aytroglycerine
and produces a jelLy-like or rubber substance which is extremely in-
sensitive to mechanical shock and is not affected by water. It has a
destructive power greater than that of dynamite or compressed pyroxylin.
This preparation is used as a gelatine explosive.
3. If less than seven to eight percent pyroxylin is dissolved in nitro--
glycerine, a syrup is obtained which requires a smaller amount of porous
powder in order to produce dynamites which are better conservers of nitro-
glycerine under pressure and in water than earthy dynamites. Explosives ?
thus obtained can be modified so that, in addition to an explosive effect,
they can also exert pressure.
This document is' hereby regraded to
CONFIDENTIAL io?accordance with the
letter of 16 October 1978 from the
Director of Central Intelligence to the
Archivist of the United States.
Next Review Date: 2008
CLASSIFICATION
CONFIDENTIAL,
vT/CONTROL - U.S. OFFICIALS ONLY
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