USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -Napalm is an incendiary mixture of a gelling agent and a volatile petrochemical (usually gasoline (petrol) or diesel fuel). 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.

Detailed explanation-2: -Napalm is a jellied gasoline and the modern day version is made up of polystyrene (46 parts), gasoline (33 parts) and benzene (21 parts). Canisters containing napalm can even be bought over the net (click picture).

Detailed explanation-3: -Napalm is the name given to any of a number of flammable liquids used in warfare, often jellied gasoline. Napalm is actually the thickener in such liquids, which when mixed with gasoline makes a sticky incendiary gel.

Detailed explanation-4: -Carbon dioxide levels of 4% can cause death in approximately one hour while burning napalm creates concentrations near 20%. [2] Contained areas near burning napalm can rapidly de-oxygenate, resulting in loss of consciousness and death in minutes due to asphyxiation.

Detailed explanation-5: -Napalm was invented at Harvard in the early 1940s, a gel named after the combination of naphthenic and palmitic acid that can turn petroleum or any other fuel into a sticky, burning weapon.