napalm

Japanese: napalm
napalm

…A type of oil-based incendiary bomb. Napalm is a type of aluminum soap, and is a compound name of naphthenic acid and palmitic acid, the main component of coconut fatty acid, because it is made by mixing aluminum naphthenate and aluminum palmitate. When napalm is added to gasoline, it becomes jelly-like, and the jelly is also called napalm. …

*Some of the terminology that mentions "napalm" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…油脂焼夷弾の一種。ナパームnapalmとはアルミニウムセッケンの一種で,ナフテン酸アルミニウムとヤシ油混合脂肪酸アルミニウムを混合してつくったところから,ナフテン酸naphthenic acidとヤシ油脂肪酸の主成分であるパルミチン酸palmitic acidの語を合成して名付けられたものである。また,ナパームをガソリンなどに加えるとゼリー状になるが,ゼリー状になったものもナパームと呼ぶ。…

※「napalm」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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