Aug 31, 2006 13:30
18 yrs ago
español term
atmonio
español al inglés
Técnico/Ingeniería
Química, Ciencias/Ing. quím.
I have a text (from Colombia) that refers to the explosives DNT and "atmonio". I have found no relevant hits on Google for "atmonio". There are no other contextual clues. Based on other information (not contained in the text), I suspect that this may correspond to "ammonium nitrate". Any explosives experts out there? Could "atmonio" be a spelling mistake?
Proposed translations
(inglés)
| 4 +1 | amonio |
Y. Peraza
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| 4 | ammonite |
David Brown
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| 2 | amonita (in Spanish) |
Dr. Andrew Frankland
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Proposed translations
+1
11 minutos
Selected
amonio
El componente en cuestión es nitrato de amonio, creo. Nada que ver con el antimonio.
Peer comment(s):
| agree |
Andrés Martínez
: Sí, sin duda habla de amonio, y es muy posible que sea nitrato de amonio, pero también se emplea acetato de amonio para explosivos (Hawleys Chemical Dictionary)
15 minutos
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Gracias. Me lo apunto para mi proxima bomba casera, ja ja!
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "I suppose this remains the most likely option. Thanks."
22 minutos
Dr. Andrew Frankland
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Related KudoZ points
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amonita (in Spanish)
This is an explosive based on ammonium nitrate (nitrato de amonio). Atmonio could, of course, be a typo as you suggested, although t and m are a fair distance apart on the keyboard! Is the text referring to explosives themselves or to components of explosives? In any case it isn't antimony.
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Note added at 46 mins (2006-08-31 14:16:25 GMT)
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In light of your note to my answer it's likely to be traces of ammonium nitrate as this is a commonly used component in explosives that is also used as fertiliser so is very easy to get hold of. If they found aluminium as well then the explosive itself is probably amonal.
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Note added at 46 mins (2006-08-31 14:16:25 GMT)
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In light of your note to my answer it's likely to be traces of ammonium nitrate as this is a commonly used component in explosives that is also used as fertiliser so is very easy to get hold of. If they found aluminium as well then the explosive itself is probably amonal.
Note from asker:
| Thanks, Andy. Traces of the substances were found on the accused clothes. |
2 horas
ammonite
No explosives expert..
In July 2002, Kazakhstani police seized 30 kilograms of ammonite and 120 detonators. Nevertheless, an observer contends that the black market for explosives ...
www.eurasianet.org/departments/insight/articles/eav041503a.... - 37k -
Ammonite is one of the earliest industrial explosives. widely used in China, ... Ammonite has been the main industrial explosive in our. country. ...
doi.wiley.com/10.1002/(SICI)1521-4087(199902)24:1%3C27::AID-PREP27%3E3.0.CO;2-B
In July 2002, Kazakhstani police seized 30 kilograms of ammonite and 120 detonators. Nevertheless, an observer contends that the black market for explosives ...
www.eurasianet.org/departments/insight/articles/eav041503a.... - 37k -
Ammonite is one of the earliest industrial explosives. widely used in China, ... Ammonite has been the main industrial explosive in our. country. ...
doi.wiley.com/10.1002/(SICI)1521-4087(199902)24:1%3C27::AID-PREP27%3E3.0.CO;2-B
Discussion
m. quím. Metal de color blanco azulado y brillante, duro, quebradizo e insoluble en ácido nítrico. Su símbolo es Sb.
No relation to explosives that I know though.