SZ/OEMU/31/1/7 - Cased charge IV. Photographic records II. Model bomb with [0].018 in. mild steel case. Explosive (a) A1 Rounkol, (b) tetryl, 24/7/41

Reference code

SZ/OEMU/31/1/7

Level of description

Item

Title

Cased charge IV. Photographic records II. Model bomb with [0].018 in. mild steel case. Explosive (a) A1 Rounkol, (b) tetryl, 24/7/41

Date/s

1941

Quantity & Format

6 leaves

Subject

TNT (chemical)
A1 Rounkol (explosive)

Creator

Great Britain. Ministry of Fuel and Power. Safety in Mines Research Board.

Scope and content

R.C. 227

D.14

The stretching and rupture of the bomb casing are recorded, and the expansion of the products of detonation and the velocity of the fragments of the case were determined. Tables and halftone illustrations are included.

SZ - Zuckerman Archive
- SZ/OEMU - Ministry of Home Security, Oxford Extra-Mural Unit
  - SZ/OEMU/31 - [OEMU. CDRC - Mechanism of bombs]
    - SZ/OEMU/31/1 - [OEMU. CDRC - Mechanism of bombs, 1940-1945]
      - SZ/OEMU/31/1/7 - Cased charge IV. Photographic records II. Model bomb with [0].018 in. mild steel case. Explosive (a) A1 Rounkol, (b) tetryl, 24/7/41

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