Editing Plastic explosive (section)

{{short description|Type of explosive material}}
{{redirect|Plastique}}
[[File:Preparation of the demolition with explosive charges and wire (22731570152).jpg|thumb|Disposal of munitions with plastic explosives; note the malleability of the white plastic explosive charges]]
'''Plastic explosive''' is a soft and hand-moldable solid form of [[explosive material]]. Within the field of [[explosives engineering]], plastic explosives are also known as '''putty explosives'''<ref name="Cooper">
{{cite book
|last=Cooper
|first=Paul W.
|title=Explosives Engineering
|year=1996
|publisher=Wiley-VCH
|pages=51–66
|chapter=Chapter 4: Use forms of explosives
|isbn=0-471-18636-8}}
</ref>  or '''blastics'''.

Plastic explosives are especially suited for explosive [[demolition]]. Common plastic explosives include [[Semtex]] and [[C-4 (explosive)|C-4]]. The first manufactured plastic explosive was [[gelignite]] in 1875, invented by [[Alfred Nobel]].