Research

Napalm

1. Napalm is a think and gel like substance.
2. Napalm was mixed with gasoline and other fuel.
3. The word napalm is combined with the words naphthenic and palmitic acids.
4. The more modern version for napalm is napalm b.
5. Modern napalm is combined of benzene and polystyrene.
6. There also is napalm 877 which was used for flamethrowers and bombs.
7. Effects of napalm is it can burn you to death.
8. If a naplam explosion happens there could be 20% carbon monoxide and 70mph winds.
9. One main thing about napalm is it can stick on your skin if you are not wearing any cloths.
10. One napalm strike can damage 2500 square yards.
11. On July 14, 1944 napalm was first introduced.
12. Original napalm lasted for 10 to 15 seconds.
13. When napalm b came out it lasted 10 minutes.
14. Some other effects of napalm were heat strokes dehydration and suffication.
15. In 1942 some guys in harvard university learned that jelly like gas burns more slowly.


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Napalm