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IED COMPONENTS - EXPLOSIVE - PENTAERYTHRITOL TETRANITRATE
PETN is a one of the most powerful explosive materials known. When mixed with plasticiser, PETN forms a plastic explosive. As a mixture with RDX and other minor additives, it forms SEMTEX. It is often used in upper charges of detonators, and as the explosive core of detonating cord. PETN is the least stable of the common military explosives. IED Comments. Widely used.
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