Talk:Semtex

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[edit] Semantics Problem?

As little as 250g can down an airliner (12 to 16 oz or 340 to 450 g), as in the case of Pan Am Flight 103). as little as 250 (or 340-450) is contradictory information.

[edit] Export to Lybia

An expression about 700 tonnes of Semtex were exported to Libya seems to be inaccurate because according to the [http://www.explosia.cz/en/?show=omyly official sites only 690 tons were ever made for export. It is clear that only a part of the export went to Lybia. Miraceti 09:59, 25 February 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Semtin Glassworks

I found nothing about this company. What is a source of information First made by the Semtin Glassworks?

[edit] Quantity

"As little as 250g can down an airliner (12 to 16 oz or 340 to 450 g)" Is it 250g or between 340 and 450g? Anyone have a source?--24.16.148.75 02:08, 27 June 2006 (UTC)

I'm guessing it would be the former, depending on where the explosion was triggered on the plane.

[edit] Infamous in Britain?

I don't think the sentence: "the term Semtex is relatively unknown outside of Britain and its use caused considerable confusion" is very accurate. It seems to contradict the points made in the body of the article which imply that it was the notoriety of the substance which caused the decline in it's use. I agree that many British know the word but Semtex hasn't much to do with Britain and it is especially well known in the Czech Republic and most of Eastern Europe and (as the cited page acknowledges) is also the name of an energy drink there. Perhaps this should be changed to "unknown outside of Europe" or probably more accurately "unknown in Australia" as the Australian citation suggests.

Almost equally unknown, I assure you, in the United States. I wish I could find a source to cite to positively support that. A few Google searches later, I've only seen articles that assume knowledge that Semtex is an explosive from UK sources, but that's not conclusive and far from exhaustive. How M 22:44, 27 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Comparison

Can we get a comparison to the blast strength of C-4 and Dynamite? Dread Lord CyberSkull ✎☠ 03:03, 22 July 2007 (UTC)

[edit] American/British spelling inconsistencies

This page has variations of the word ton in 4 places. 2 use the British spelling convention and 2 use the American. WP:ENGVAR and the last paragraph of the introduction to WP:STYLE are relevant but don't provide a clear answer here. The page has almost 200 edits and MediaWiki doesn't yet provide a blame feature so determining the first style used is non-trivial and the page does not already have a clear and consistent use of style. I would have just been bold and made the decision myself but the language at the WP:STYLE introduction's last paragraph is strong and I have no experience with resolving this type of inconsistency. Any advice (or WP:BOLD editors) are welcome. Jeremyb 06:32, 27 July 2007 (UTC)

This is a matter of substance, not style: in the US a ton is 907kg, in the UK, a ton is 1016kg, and everywhere in the world a tonne is 1000kg. I believe of these three units, only the tonne is widely used in the Czech Republic, and therefore it's the most appriate for measuring Semtex production and exports. --Townmouse 18:41, 1 September 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Missing data: explosive energy per kilogram

Does anyone know the explosive energy in megajoules per kilogram or in TNT equivalents? Neither article to the components of Semtex contains such info although it is one of the most important characteristics of explosives (in some cases even more important than the detonation velocity). Or is there a simple rule of the thumb to calculate the explosive energy from density and detonation velocity?--SiriusB 11:00, 26 September 2007 (UTC)