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Women in the First World War. Bloomsbury USA. ISBN 978-0-7478-0752-0. Woollacott, Angela (20 May 1994). On her their lives depend: munitions workers in the Great War. University of California Press. ISBN 978-0-520-08502-2. Smith, Angela (2008). "The girl behind the man behind the gun: women as carers in recruitment posters of the First World War".
Over time, the buildup of picrates on exposed metal surfaces can constitute an explosion hazard. [ 33 ] Picric acid gauze, if found in antique first aid kits, presents a safety hazard because picric acid of that vintage (60–90 years old) will have become crystallized and unstable, [ 34 ] and may have formed metal picrates from long storage in ...
2,4-Dinitrophenol (2,4-DNP or simply DNP) is an organic compound with the formula HOC 6 H 3 (NO 2) 2. It has been used in explosives manufacturing and as a pesticide and herbicide. In humans, DNP causes dose-dependent mitochondrial uncoupling , causing the rapid loss of ATP as heat and leading to uncontrolled hyperthermia —up to 44 °C (111 ...
RDX (abbreviation of "Research Department eXplosive" or Royal Demolition eXplosive) or hexogen, [4] among other names, is an organic compound with the formula (CH 2 N 2 O 2) 3.It is white, odorless, and tasteless, widely used as an explosive. [5]
A stick of cordite from World War II A sectioned British 18-pounder field gun shrapnel round, World War I, with bound string to simulate the appearance of the original cordite propellant Close-up of cordite filaments in a .303 British Rifle cartridge (manufactured in 1964) Burning a strand of cordite from a .303 British round
Controlling gas and vapor concentrations outside the flammable limits is a major consideration in occupational safety and health. Methods used to control the concentration of a potentially explosive gas or vapor include use of sweep gas, an unreactive gas such as nitrogen or argon to dilute the explosive gas before coming in contact with air.
Phenyltropanes (PTs) are a family of chemical compounds originally derived from structural modification of cocaine.The main feature differentiating phenyltropanes from cocaine is that they lack the ester functionality at the 3-position terminating in the benzene; and thusly the phenyl is attached direct to the tropane skeleton with no further spacer (therefore the name "phenyl"-tropane) that ...
Asbestos (/ æ s ˈ b ɛ s t ə s, æ z-,-t ɒ s / ass-BES-təs, az-, -toss) [1] is a group of naturally occurring, toxic, carcinogenic and fibrous silicate minerals.There are six types, all of which are composed of long and thin fibrous crystals, each fibre (particulate with length substantially greater than width) [2] being composed of many microscopic "fibrils" that can be released into ...