As required by fedgov law the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives is required to annually publish a list of regulated explosive materials. The Commerce in Explosives; List of Explosive Materials is traditionally published near the end of the year and may not include additions from last years List, but usually they slip something new in. I thoroughly enjoy The List because it gives me a directory of explosives to research, presumably because The List only includes the most industrially and militarily important explosives. The 2007 List was just published into the Federal Register on November 28, 2007. The ATF website has been neglected lately because they stopped putting up the list since 2002. Without further ado, here is my Christmas list, I mean the BATFE List of Explosive Materials…


DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives

[Docket No. ATF 25N]


Commerce in Explosives; List of Explosive Materials (2007R-7T)

AGENCY: Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF),
Department of Justice.

ACTION: Notice of list of explosive materials.

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SUMMARY: Pursuant to 18 U.S.C. 841(d) and 27 CFR 555.23, the Department
must publish and revise at least annually in the Federal Register a
list of explosives determined to be within the coverage of 18 U.S.C.
841 et. seq. The list covers not only explosives, but also blasting
agents and detonators, all of which are defined as explosive materials
in 18 U.S.C. 841(c). This notice publishes the 2007 List of Explosive
Materials.

DATES: The list becomes effective upon publication of this notice on
December 7, 2007.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Gary Bangs, Chief; Explosives Industry
Programs Branch; Arson and Explosives Programs Division; Bureau of
Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives; United States Department of
Justice; 99 New York Avenue, NE., Washington, DC 20226 (202-648-7120).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The list is intended to include any and all
mixtures containing any of the materials on the list. Materials
constituting blasting agents are marked by an asterisk. While the list
is comprehensive, it is not all-inclusive. The fact that an explosive
material is not on the list does not mean that it is not within the
coverage of the law if it otherwise meets the statutory definitions in
18 U.S.C. 841. Explosive materials are listed alphabetically by their
common names followed, where applicable, by chemical names and synonyms
in brackets.
The Department has not added any new terms to the list of
explosives or removed or revised any listing since its last
publication.
This list supersedes the List of Explosive Materials dated
September

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27, 2006 (Docket No. ATF 19N, 71 FR 56555).

Notice of List of Explosive Materials

Pursuant to 18 U.S.C. 841(d) and 27 CFR 555.23, I hereby designate
the following as explosive materials covered under 18 U.S.C. 841(c):

A

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 having particle size less than 15 microns
Ammonium perchlorate composite propellant
Ammonium perchlorate explosive mixtures
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

B

Baranol
Baratol
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

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]

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

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 liquids
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 powders

F

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

G

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

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

I

Igniter cord
Igniters
Initiating tube systems

K

KDNBF [potassium dinitrobenzo-furoxane]

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

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

N

NIBTN [nitroisobutametriol trinitrate]
Nitrate explosive mixtures
Nitrate sensitized with gelled nitroparaffin
Nitrated carbohydrate explosive
Nitrated glucoside explosive
Nitrated polyhydric alcohol explosives

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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

O

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

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

R

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

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 explosive mixtures
Sodium nitrate-potassium nitrate explosive mixture
Sodium picramate
Special fireworks
Squibs
Styphnic acid explosives

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]
Tetrazole explosives
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

U

Urea nitrate

W

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

X

Xanthamonas hydrophilic colloid explosive mixture

Approved: November 28, 2007.
Michael J. Sullivan,
Acting Director.
[FR Doc. E7-23729 Filed 12-6-07; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 4410-FY-P

Can't help but notice the lack of sorbitol hexanitrate..among many, many, others I'm probably missing.

Don't forget about the line from the introduction, "While the list is comprehensive, it is not all-inclusive." I think they only added acetone peroxide in 2002 despite it being used in destructive devices decades earlier.

Safety fuse? Igniters? That's a wee bit overboard, doncha' think?

That's a list of things that ATFE claims control over, they want fuse and electric igniters suitable for blasting caps tracked and accounted for. Electric matches must be magazine stored, use recorded and not transferred to unlicensed people even though they're listed as 1.4. I know of people who have lost their license for transferring ematch to unlicensed people.

There are several people selling kits for home making ematch for that reason...

Sorry,and which one is the most powerful ?

I heard that a kind of most powerful and new explosive , onc .

wsls, chlorate mixtures is by far the most powerful and k3wl! :rolleyes:

Just to defy the government, I'm going to make every explosive on this list. Thats about 16 down and 300+ to go! I'm suprised they havn't added baking soda and vinegar on there yet, or fun poppers that shoot confetti at new years.

New high tech explosives will not make the list for some years yet, and then only if they see widespread adoption by the military or industry. You will not see the likes of HNIW or octanitrocubane any time soon unless a miraculous new synthesis emerges, or the Chinese start making toys out of the stuff.

I can't help but notice a lack of furan explosives.

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Maybe you should read the list again. - The_Duke

Good comprehensive list of explosives, ironically, the BATFE regulates and restricts these explosives and precursors, but my goal will be to synthesize most of these.

New high tech explosives will not make the list for some years yet, and then only if they see widespread adoption by the military or industry. You will not see the likes of HNIW or octanitrocubane any time soon unless a miraculous new synthesis emerges, or the Chinese start making toys out of the stuff.

Well, lets definitely not put it past the Chinese to come up with high explosive mixtures when trying to cut the corners when making toys. After all, they did manage to make the date rape drug into a kids toy!

The BATFE's list is reallllly redundant. But I guess they would want to be extremely thorough, especially when dealing with the likes of those on this forum.

Does anyone see methyl nitrate on the list? I can't seem to find it.

The list said for more information contact Gary Bangs

Thats a neat name for someone in that department

The dimeric form of acetone peroxide.. Mind, that should go without saying anyway.

There's also no mention of heavy metal tetramine explosives..