Explosives are often characterized by the physical form that the explosives are produced or used in.

Listed below are the Divisions for Class 1 ( Explosives ):

For example, the U. S. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives ( ATF ) supports the United States ' International Traffic in Arms Regulations ( ITAR ) program " to aggressively enforce this mission and reduce the number of weapons that are illegally trafficked worldwide from the United States and used to commit acts of international terrorism, to subvert restrictions imposed by other nations on their residents, and to organized crime and narcotics-related activities.

RAF armourers who provide the personnel for RAF EOD And IEDD units ( 5131 Sqn RAF ), Royal Navy EOD and Clearance Divers and RLC Ammunition Technicians are fully committed and spend their entire service working with Ammunition, Explosives ad associated sciences.

Explosives in remote localities are handled very differently from those in densely-populated areas.

Soldiers wishing to serve in this elite battalion must pass a three-day gibush, after which they are dispersed into specialized training programs for each of the three companies that make up the battalion: the Palsar ( Reconnaissance Company ), the Palnat ( Anti-Tank Company, commonly known as the Orev company ), and the Palhan ( Engineering and Explosives Company ).

The remaining parts of the Act ( Information, Proceedings and Interpretation, Further Provisions for Northern Ireland, and Supplementary ) are largely technical, although the Northern Ireland provisions extend the right to search property, restricts remission for those convicted of statutory offences, and tightens control over the granting of licenses under the Explosives Act 1875 ( new explosives factories and magazines ).

The remaining parts of the Act ( Information, Proceedings and Interpretation, Further Provisions for Northern Ireland, and Supplementary ) are largely technical, although the Northern Ireland provisions extend the right to search property, restricts remission for those convicted of statutory offences, and tightens control over the granting of licenses under the Explosives Act 1875 ( new explosives factories and magazines ).

* Canada-Firecrackers are not authorized under the Explosives Act, thus making importation, possession, transportation, storage or manufacturing illegal in Canada.

Explosives are used to break up a rock formation and aid in the collection of ore in a process called blasting.

Because they usually contain more than 50 milligrams of the same explosive powder found in firecrackers, they are illegal under U. S. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives ( ATF ) regulations.

Bottle rockets are authorized under the Explosives Act, thus making importation, possession, transportation, storage or manufacturing illegal in Canada.

Regarding the trafficking of firearms from the U. S. into Mexico, the U. S. Government Accountability Office ( GAO ) issued a report in June 2009 which stated: “ While it is impossible to know how many firearms are illegally smuggled into Mexico in a given year, about 87 percent of firearms seized by Mexican authorities and traced in the last 5 years originated in the United States, according to data from Department of Justice ’ s Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives ( ATF ).

Products not under jurisdiction of the CPSC include those specifically named by law as under the jurisdiction of other federal agencies ; for example, automobiles are regulated by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, guns are regulated by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives, and drugs are regulated by the Food and Drug Administration.

* Explosives are discovered and defused on railway line in the Eastern Transvaal

Explosives or hydraulic fracturing are used to create open pathways within the deposit for solution to penetrate into.

Cherry bombs are not authorized under the Explosives Act, thus making importation, possession, transportation, storage or manufacturing illegal in Canada.

In the United States, quarter sticks and similar large firecrackers are illegal to manufacture or possess without a BATFE High Explosives Manufacturing License.

Explosives are harmless to the player.

Noting that only two consumer products sold in America are not regulated for health and safety -- guns and tobacco -- he argues that firearms should be regulated by the federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives.

Explosives usually have less potential energy than fuels, but their high rate of energy release produces a great blast pressure.

Explosives magazines were required by each Group to store the incoming explosive materials and to store the outgoing filled shells or gun cartridges, usually packed in ammunition boxes.

Tungsten has also been used in Dense Inert Metal Explosives, which use it as dense powder to reduce collateral damage while increasing the lethality of explosives within a small radius.

Dupont Explosives were used in many mines across northeastern Pennsylvania in the late 19th to 20th century.

The NAR and the TRA successfully sued the US Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives ( BATFE ) over the classification of Ammonium Perchlorate Composite Propellant ( APCP ), the most commonly used propellant in high-power rocket motors, as an explosive.

* Explosives: of explosives were used to blast of rock.

Explosives or heavy gunfire can be used to destroy wooden doors, and ( in the case of explosives ) potentially kill anyone within the blast radius on the other side.

The premises still needed to be licensed under the 1875 Explosives Act, as gunpowder was used in the initiator.

Some dogs may also be used by tactical components of such agencies as the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives, the Federal Bureau of Investigation, and the United States Marshals Service.

Explosives can also be used to clear mine fields, either by artillery bombardment, or with specialised charges such as Bangalore torpedos, the Antipersonnel Obstacle Breaching System and the Python Minefield Breaching System.

Explosives were used to kill a beached humpback whale west of Port Elizabeth on August 6, 2001,

Explosives used in World War I caused many blast injuries ; the large number of TBIs that resulted allowed researchers to learn about localization of brain functions.

Explosives commonly used in blasting caps include mercury fulminate, lead azide, lead styphnate and tetryl.

* Explosives used during WW II

Explosives used in blast fishing not only kill fish but also destroy coral skeletons, creating unbalanced coral rubble.

Note: In World War I, the name used in the UK for Government-owned explosives factories was National Explosives Factory ; and the Cordite factory at Gretna was known as HM Factory, Gretna.

The site was then used by Nobel's Explosives to build a TNT / propellant factory in 1914 with Government approval.

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Explosives may also be categorized by their sensitivity.

Explosives considerably differ from one another as to their behavior in the presence of water.

Explosives based on ammonium nitrate have little or no water resistance due to the reaction between ammonium nitrate and water, which liberates ammonia, nitrogen dioxide and hydrogen peroxide.

Safety and Performance Tests for Qualification of Explosives.

Military Explosives.

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Non-prohibited automatic weapons can be legally owned by civilians who pay a $ 200 tax to the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, pass a background investigation, and, in some jurisdictions, receive approval from local law enforcement.

After the end of World War I, the majority of the United Kingdom gunpowder manufacturers merged into a single company, " Explosives Trades limited "; and number of sites were closed down, including those in Ireland.

The Home Office removed gunpowder from its list of Permitted Explosives ; and shortly afterwards, on 31 December 1931, the former Curtis & Harvey's Glynneath gunpowder factory at Pontneddfechan, in Wales, closed down, and it was demolished by fire in 1932.

The Explosives Act places limits on the amount of powder ( either smokeless or black ) that may be stored in a building, on the manner in which it is stored, and on how much powder may be available for use at any time.

The company was founded in December 1926 from the merger of four companies: Brunner Mond, Nobel Explosives, the United Alkali Company, and British Dyestuffs Corporation.

Civilian ownership of submachine guns is regulated by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives under the provisions of the National Firearms Act of 1934 as amended by Title II of the Gun Control Act of 1968.

* February 28 – Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives agents raid the Branch Davidian compound in Waco, Texas, with a warrant to arrest leader David Koresh on federal firearms violations.

The next day, Home Secretary Vernon Harcourt drafts 300 policemen to guard the underground and introduces the Explosives Bill.

* High Explosives Applications Facility and Energetic Materials Center: At HEAF, teams of scientists, engineers, and technicians address nearly all aspects of high explosives: research, development and testing, material characterization, and performance and safety tests.

Most of the Department's law enforcement agencies such as the U. S. Customs Service, the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives ( ATF ), and the U. S. Secret Service were reassigned to other Departments in 2003 in conjunction with the creation of the Department of Homeland Security.