Primasheet

Primasheet is a rubberized sheet explosive material similar to Detasheet. Manufactured by Ensign-Bickford Aerospace & Defense Company Primasheet comes in two varieties: Primasheet 1000 is PETN based and Primasheet 2000 is RDX based. Both are waterproof and are supplied in continuous rolls.[1]

Contents

Primasheet 1000

Primasheet 1000 is PETN based, and contains 65% PETN, 8% Nitrocellulose, and 27% plasticizer.

Primasheet 1000 is olive green colored, and manufactured in 1.0, 1.5, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, and 8mm thicknesses.

Primasheet 2000

Primasheet 2000 is an RDX based rubberized sheet explosive. It contains 88.2% RDX with the remainder plasticizer.

SX2

A British military explosive, also manufactured by Ensign-Bickford. This is very similar or identical to commercial Primasheet 2000.

References

  1. ^ Cooper, Paul W. (1996). "Chapter 4: Use forms of explosives". Explosives Engineering. Wiley-VCH. pp. 51–66. ISBN 0-471-18636-8.