Napalm: Explosive Chemistry and Battlefield Devastation

Napalm is an incendiary mixture of a gelling agent and a volatile petrochemical. The name is a portmanteau of two of the constituents of the original thickening and gelling agents: coprecipitated aluminium salts of naphthenic acid and palmitic acid. A team led by chemist Louis Fieser originally developed napalm for the US Chemical Warfare Service in 1942 in a secret laboratory at Harvard University. Of immediate first interest was its viability as an incendiary device to be used in fire bombing campaigns during World War II; its potential to be coherently projected into a solid stream that would carry for distance resulted in widespread adoption in infantry and tank/boat mounted flamethrowers as well.

How you will benefit

(I) Insights, and validations about the following topics:

Chapter 1: Napalm

Chapter 2: Thermobaric weapon

Chapter 3: Chemical warfare

Chapter 4: Strategic bombing

Chapter 5: Flamethrower

Chapter 6: Aerial bombing of cities

Chapter 7: Incendiary device

Chapter 8: United States and weapons of mass destruction

Chapter 9: M2 flamethrower

Chapter 10: Mark 77 bomb

(II) Answering the public top questions about napalm.

Who this book is for

Professionals, undergraduate and graduate students, enthusiasts, hobbyists, and those who want to go beyond basic knowledge or information for any kind of Napalm.