Technological development in times of war, focused on military supremacy against the enemy, has led to civilian uses on several occasions. And although with this explosive powder, called Aunt Jemima Due to its similarity with the brand of flour used to make pancakes, it could even be cooked... I don't think it was very successful commercially.
The Ukrainian George Bogdan Kistiakowsky , naturalized American in 1933, was a professor of Chemistry at Princeton and Harvard Universities, participated in the Manhattan Project and was appointed scientific adviser to President Dwight Eisenhower . In 1942 he assumes the presidency of the Explosives Division of the National Defense Investigation Committee, where explosives and propellants for rockets were manufactured, in addition to performing performance and safety tests.
George Kistiakowsky
Its star product was the development of a flour-like powder explosive , Aunt Jemima , which could even be used as an ingredient for recipes for cookies, muffins, pancakes... without exploding and without losing its effectiveness as an explosive. Although its consumption was not advisable, Kistiakowsky , to prove that it was not toxic, he got to try it in pancake form in front of military skeptics. Given its texture, it could be transported in flour containers or in the form of pancakes and, in this way, it was ideal for taking it to the resistance and being used in sabotage actions. The powder was shipped to the Chinese in bags of flour and used against the occupying Japanese forces.
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