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The following list was obtained from the
Department of the Treasury, Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms
web site (http://www.atf.treas.gov/pub/fire-explo_pub/listofexp.htm).

This list was last updated on 4/26/02.

| A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | K | L | M | N | O | P | Q | R | S | T | U | W | X |
 
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• Acetylides of heavy metals
• Aluminum containing polymeric propellant
• Aluminum ophorite explosive
• Amatex
• Amatol
• Ammonal
• Ammonium nitrate explosive mixtures (cap sensitive)
• Ammonium nitrate explosive mixtures (non cap sensitive)
• Ammonium perchlorate explosive mixtures
• Ammonium perchlorate composite propellant
• Ammonium picrate [picrate of ammonia, Explosive D]
• Ammonium salt lattice with isomorphously substituted inorganic salts
• ANFO [ammonium nitrate-fuel oil]
• Aromatic nitro-compound explosive mixtures
• Azide explosives

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B

• Baranol
• Barotol
• BEAF [1, 2-bis (2, 2-difluoro-2-nitroacetoxyethane)]
• Black powder
• Black powder based explosive mixtures
• Blasting agents, nitro-carbo-nitrates, including non cap sensitive slurry and water gel explosives
• Blasting caps
• Blasting gelatin
• Blasting powder
• BTNEC [bis (trinitroethyl) carbonate]
• BTNEN [bis (trinitroethyl) nitramine].
• BTTN [1,2,4 butanetriol trinitrate].
• Bulk salutes
• Butyl tetryl

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C

• Calcium nitrate explosive mixture
• Cellulose hexanitrate explosive mixture
• Chlorate explosive mixtures
• Composition A and variations
• Composition B and variations
• Composition C and variations
• Copper acetylide
• Cyanuric triazide
• Cyclonite [RDX]
• Cyclotetramethylenetetranitramine [HMX]
• Cyclotol
• Cyclotrimethylenetrinitramine [RDX}

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D

• DATB [diaminotrinitrobenzene]
• DDNP [diazodinitrophenol]
• DEGDN [diethyleneglycol dinitrate].
• Detonating cord
• Detonators
• Dimethylol dimethyl methane dinitrate composition
• Dinitroethyleneurea
• Dinitroglycerine [glycerol dinitrate].
• Dinitrophenol
• Dinitrophenolates
• Dinitrophenyl hydrazine
• Dinitroresorcinol
• Dinitrotoluene-sodium nitrate explosive mixtures
• DIPAM [dipicramide; diaminohexanitrobiphenyl]
• Dipicryl sulfone
• Dipicrylamine
• Display fireworks
• DNPA [2,2-dinitropropyl acrylate]
• DNPD [dinitropentano nitrile]
• Dynamite

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E

• EDDN [ethylene diamine dinitrate].
• EDNA [ethylenedinitramine]
• Ednatol
• EDNP [ethyl 4,4-dinitropentanoate]
• EGDN [ethylene glycol dinitrate]
• Erythritol tetranitrate explosives
• Esters of nitro-substituted alcohols
• Ethyl-tetryl
• Explosive conitrates
• Explosive gelatins
• Explosive mixtures containing oxygen releasing inorganic salts and hydrocarbons
• Explosive mixtures containing oxygen releasing inorganic salts and nitro bodies
• Explosive mixtures containing oxygen releasing inorganic salts and water insoluble fuels
• Explosive mixtures containing oxygen releasing inorganic salts and water soluble fuels
• Explosive mixtures containing sensitized nitromethane.
• Explosive mixtures containing tetranitromethane (nitroform)
• Explosive nitro compounds of aromatic hydrocarbons
• Explosive organic nitrate mixtures
• Explosive liquids
• Explosive powders

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F

• Flash powder
• Fulminate of mercury
• Fulminate of silver
• Fulminating gold
• Fulminating mercury
• Fulminating platinum
• Fulminating silver

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G

• Gelatinized nitrocellolose
• Gem-dinitro aliphatic explosive mixtures
• Guanyl nitrosamino guanyl tetrazene
• Guanyl nitrosamino guanylidene hydrazine
• Guncotton

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H

• Heavy metal azides
• Hexanite
• Hexanitrodiphenylamine
• Hexanitrostilbene
• Hexogen (RDX)
• Hexogene or octogene and a nitrated N-methylaniline
• Hexolites
• HMTD [hexamethylenetriperoxidediamine]
• HMX [cyclo-1,3,5,7-tetramethylene 2,4,6,8-tetranitramine; Octogen]
• Hydrazinium nitrate/hydrazine/aluminum explosive system
• Hydrazoic acid

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I

• Igniter cord
• Igniters
• Initiating tube systems

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K

• KDNBF [potassium dinitrobenzofuroxane].

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L

• Lead azide
• Lead mannite
• Lead mononitroresorcinate
• Lead picrate
• Lead salts, explosive
• Lead styphnate [styphnate of lead, lead trinitroresorcinate].
• Liquid nitrated polyol and trimethylolethane
• Liquid oxygen explosives

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M

• Magnesium ophorite explosives
• Mannitol hexanitrate
• MDNP [methyl 4,4-dinitropentanoate]
• MEAN [monoethanolamine nitrate]
• Mercuric fulminate
• Mercury oxalate
• Mercury tartrate
• Metriol trinitrate
• Minol-2 [40% TNT, 40% ammonium nitrate, 20% aluminum]
• MMAN [monomethylamine nitrate]; methylamine nitrate
• Mononitrotoluene-nitroglycerin mixture
• Monopropellants

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N

• NIBTN [nitroisobutametriol trinitrate]
• Nitrate explosive mixtures
• Nitrate sensitized with gelled nitroparaffin
• Nitrated carbohydrate explosive
• Nitrated glucoside explosive
• Nitrated polyhydric alcohol explosives
• Nitric acid and a nitro aromatic compound explosive
• Nitric acid and carboxylic fuel explosive
• Nitric acid explosive mixtures
• Nitro aromatic explosive mixtures
• Nitro compounds of furane explosive mixtures
• Nitrocellulose explosive
• Nitroderivative of urea explosive mixture
• Nitrogelatin explosive
• Nitrogen trichloride
• Nitrogen tri-iodide
• Nitroglycerine [NG, RNG, nitro, glyceryl trinitrate, trinitroglycerine]
• Nitroglycide
• Nitroglycol (ethylene glycol dinitrate, EGDN)
• Nitroguanidine explosives
• Nitronium perchlorate propellant mixtures
• Nitroparaffins Explosive Grade and ammonium nitrate mixtures
• Nitrostarch
• Nitro-substituted carboxylic acids
• Nitrourea

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O

• Octogen [HMX]
• Octol [75 percent HMX, 25 percent TNT]
• Organic amine nitrates
• Organic nitramines

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P

• PBX [plastic bonded explosives]
• Pellet powder
• Penthrinite composition
• Pentolite
• Perchlorate explosive mixtures
• Peroxide based explosive mixtures
• PETN [nitropentaerythrite, pentaerythrite tetranitrate, pentaerythritol tetranitrate]
• Picramic acid and its salts
• Picramide
• Picrate explosives
• Picrate of potassium explosive mixtures
• Picratol
• Picric acid (manufactured as an explosive)
• Picryl chloride
• Picryl fluoride
• PLX [95% nitromethane, 5% ethylenediamine].
• Polynitro aliphatic compounds
• Polyolpolynitrate-nitrocellulose explosive gels
• Potassium chlorate and lead sulfocyanate explosive
• Potassium nitrate explosive mixtures
• Potassium nitroaminotetrazole
• Pyrotechnic compositions
• PYX (2,6-bis(picrylamino))-3,5-dinitropyridine

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R

• RDX [cyclonite, hexogen, T4, cyclo-1,3,5,-trimethylene-2,4,6,-trinitramine; hexahydro-1,3,5-trinitro-S-triazine]

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S

• Safety fuse
• Salts of organic amino sulfonic acid explosive mixture
• Salutes, (bulk)
• Silver acetylide
• Silver azide
• Silver fulminate
• Silver oxalate explosive mixtures
• Silver styphnate
• Silver tartrate explosive mixtures
• Silver tetrazene
• Slurried explosive mixtures of water, inorganic oxidizing salt, gelling agent, fuel and sensitizer (cap sensitive)
• Smokeless powder
• Sodatol
• Sodium amatol
• Sodium azide explosive mixture
• Sodium dinitro-ortho-cresolate
• Sodium nitrate-potassium nitrate explosive mixture
• Sodium picramate
• Special fireworks
• Squibs
• Styphnic acid explosives

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T

• Tacot [tetranitro-2,3,5,6-dibenzo-1,3a,4,6a tetrazapentalene].
• TATB [triaminotrinitrobenzene]
• TATP [triacetonetriperoxide]
• TEGDN [triethylene glycol dinitrate].
• Tetranitrocarbazole
• Tetrazene [tetracene, tetrazine, 1(5-tetrazolyl)-4-guanyl tetrazene hydrate]
• Tetryl [2,4,6 tetranitro-N-methylaniline]
• Tetrytol
• Thickened inorganic oxidizer salt slurried explosive mixture
• TMETN [trimethylolethane trinitrate]
• TNEF [trinitroethyl formal]
• TNEOC [trinitroethylorthocarbonate]
• TNEOF [trinitroethylorthoformate]
• TNT [trinitrotoluene, trotyl, trilite, triton]
• Torpex
• Tridite
• Trimethylol ethyl methane trinitrate composition
• Trimethylolthane trinitrate-nitrocellulose.
• Trimonite
• Trinitroanisole
• Trinitrobenzene
• Trinitrobenzoic acid
• Trinitrocresol
• Trinitro-meta-cresol
• Trinitronaphthalene
• Trinitrophenetol
• Trinitrophloroglucinol
• Trinitroresorcinol
• Tritonal

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U

• Urea nitrate

• Water bearing explosives having salts of oxidizing acids and nitrogen bases, sulfates, or sulfamates (cap sensitive)
• Water-in-oil emulsion explosive compositions

• Xanthamonas hydrophilic colloid explosive mixture

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