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[*] posted on 24-10-2015 at 04:45
Inversed thermobaric weapon? Oxidizer-terrain explosive


Consider a thermobaric weapon.
Thermobaric weapons are weapons that have fuel majority (unlike conventional explosives, possessing oxidant and fuel), and base their power in her combustion with air.

But, could it be possible inverted thermobaric weapon?, ie, a weapon that has mostly oxidant instead fuel ?, normally a thing like this does not react with air, but there are oxidants that are capable to reacting with air, for example chlorine trifluoride.

Then consider a thermobaric chlorine trifluoride compressed bomb, how destructive this would ?, how viable this would?
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[*] posted on 24-10-2015 at 05:03


As a "thermobaric bomb"? No. As an incendiary, yes.

I think it could make an air crew pretty darn nervous to deploy a large container of it.

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[*] posted on 24-10-2015 at 11:09


Liquid oxygen could be considered an "oxidizer-terrain explosive". Pour it on asphalt and you have a pressure sensitive explosive.

Any other fuel substrate (wood, paper, cellulose debris, peat soil?) would be similar.
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[*] posted on 24-10-2015 at 15:14


I would say HYPOTHETICALLY, Nitrogen tribromide or triiodine could be used with an oxidizer to make something like that.... I would think to use Mn2O7 (Manganese Heptoxide) as the oxidizer, since it would work the best as an oxidizer.



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