Napalm
<p ><b>Napalm</b> is a <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thickening" title="Thickening" >thickening</a>/<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gelling_agent" title="Gelling agent" class="mw-redirect" >gelling</a> agent generally mixed with <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Petroleum" title="Petroleum" >petroleum</a> or a similar fuel for use in an <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Incendiary_device" title="Incendiary device" >incendiary device</a>, primarily as an anti-personnel weapon. </p>
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"Napalm" is a combination of the names of two of the constituents of the gel: <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Naphthenic_acid" title="Naphthenic acid" >naphthenic acid</a> and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palmitic_acid" title="Palmitic acid" >palmitic acid</a>.</p>
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<i>"Napalm B"</i> is the more modern version of napalm and, although distinctly different in its chemical composition, it is often referred to simply as "napalm".<sup id="cite_ref-GS_Napalm_0-0" class="reference" ><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Napalm#cite_note-GS_Napalm-0" >[1]</a></sup></p>
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Colloquially, <i>napalm</i> has been used as the generic name of several <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flammable" title="Flammable" class="mw-redirect" >flammable</a> liquids used in
warfare, often forms of jellied <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gasoline" title="Gasoline" >gasoline</a>, such as to be expelled by <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flamethrower" title="Flamethrower" >flamethrowers</a> in <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Infantry" title="Infantry" >infantry</a> and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Armored_warfare" title="Armored warfare" class="mw-redirect" >armored warfare</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-GS_Napalm_0-1" class="reference" ><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Napalm#cite_note-GS_Napalm-0" >[1]</a></sup></p>