Petn in a sentence

Both packages contained sophisticated bombs concealed in computer printer cartridges filled with PETN. citation citation The bomb found in England contained convert of PETN, and the one found in Dubai contained convert of PETN.

In spark detonators, PETN is used to avoid the need for primary explosives; the energy needed for a successful direct initiation of PETN by an electric spark ranges between 10–60 mJ.

The chemical stability of PETN is of interest, because of the presence of PETN in aging weapons.

The PETN was placed inside the walkie-talkies and detonated by raising the batteries' temperature from a remote location.

The vehicle was filled with pentaerythritol tetranitrate (PETN) explosive wrapped in compressed gas canisters.

A small amount of “edited” PETN explosive undergoes an energetic reaction during an impact drop test.

No doubt the Russians are trying to find out if the PETN in the drones has some chemical characteristic that would point to its source, but it is unlikely even the Russians will be able to identify the Ukrainians as the source.

As a practical measure, primary explosives are sufficiently sensitive that they can be reliably initiated with a blow from a hammer; however, PETN can also usually be initiated in this manner, so this is only a very broad guideline.

It is less sensitive than pentaerythritol tetranitrate ( PETN ).

Nonphlegmatized PETN is stored and handled with approximately 10% water content.

PETN alone cannot be cast as it explosively decomposes slightly above its melting point, but it can be mixed with other explosives to form castable mixtures.

PETN has low volatility and low solubility in water, and therefore has low bioavailability for most organisms.

PETN is manufactured by numerous manufacturers as a powder, or together with nitrocellulose and plasticizer as thin plasticized sheets (e.g. Primasheet 1000 or Detasheet ).

PETN is one of the explosive chemicals typically of interest in that area, and it belongs to a family of common nitrate-based explosive chemicals which can often be detected by the same tests.

PETN residues are easily detectable in hair of people handling it.

Some bacteria denitrate PETN to trinitrate and then dinitrate, which is then further degraded.

Studies were performed on thermal decomposition of PETN.

The Los Angeles Times noted in November 2010 that PETN's low vapor pressure makes it difficult for bomb-sniffing dogs to detect.

They said Asiri had helped make the bomb used in the failed Detroit Christmas Day bomb attack and another PETN device used in a failed suicide attack against a top Saudi counter-terrorism official last year.