CATALOG
AL-KHEMIA™
Forensic Chemical Analysis of Authentic Terrorist HME Recipes
The Al-Khemia™ Project
Al-Khemia™ reports expose and analyze authentic terrorist home-made explosives (HMEs) as they
emerge on terrorist forums and knowledge bases. The Al-Khemia™ Recipe Bank is an unparalleled
repository of forensic HME analysis, aimed at rooting out the IED threat at its HME source.
The rapid dissemination of explosives recipes
and manufacturing know-how via the Web
means that as soon as a HME recipe is
perfected and disseminated in one part of the
world, the threat becomes real in conflict
zones and combat theaters everywhere.
In each Al-Khemia™ report, a real-life HME
recipe, harvested from within online forums
and websites used by global terrorists and
local insurgents, is meticulously synthesized
step-by-step in a controlled laboratory setting
and analyzed in minute detail by forensic
chemists and explosives experts.
Inside Al-Khemia™
A typical Al-KhemiaTM report comprises
two parts:
Full
Translation
of
Terrorist HME Recipes
Authentic
Al-Khemia™ reports provide a full
translation of the original terrorist HME
recipes, including all stages and
instructions, with preliminary notes on
how the HME recipes measure up
against a scientific synthesis of the
same explosive.
Laboratory Synthesis Reconstruction
Terrogence forensic chemistry experts
deliver the results of a meticulous, stepby-step laboratory re-synthesis of the
material, along with a comprehensive
assessment of its physical and chemical
properties in the context of counterterrorism efforts.
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Al-Khemia™ Subscription Reports
Al-Khemia™ reports deliver an in-depth forensic analysis of real-life homemade explosives (HME)
recipes extracted by Terrogence from online terrorist forums, knowledge bases and social
networks. Terrogence not only analyzes the theoretical terrorist recipe, but actually reproduces
the stated HME synthesis, according to the recipes, in a controlled laboratory setting. Thus we
accurately ascertain the exact properties of the material as encountered in the field. Each HME
undergoes a barrage of tests in a state-of-the-art laboratory, using several of the following
diagnostic tools:
 NMR (1H, 13C, DEPT, etc.)
 HPLC-UV (NP, RP)
 GC-MS, GC-ECD
 MS (ESI, MALDI, EI, etc.)
 UV-Vis-NIR
 FTIR
 Raman
 Elemental analysis (C, H, N, S)
 DSC
 TGA
 Microscopy
 Colorimetric detection (kit)
 Melting point
 Bomb calorimeter
 EXPLO5 simulation
Al-Khemia™ reports are delivered monthly as a subscription - the order and content of which is
subject to change as Terrogence reacts to new or improved HMEs emerging from jihadist web
sources.
Back issues of our Al-Khemia™ recipe bank are also available for purchase, as they remain highly
relevant and actionable. Please see our online catalog for more information, in addition to our
projected delivery schedule.
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Current Al-Khemia™ Bank
Acetone Peroxide and Ammonium Nitrate (APAN)
Acetone Peroxide and Potassium Nitrate (APPN)
Ammonium Dynamite
Ammonium Nitrate Mixtures
Ammotropin (Ammonium nitrate, Hexamine and Aluminum)
Astrolite
Black Powder
Barium Nitrate
C-4
Clorox Liquid Bleach and Citric Acid
Composition 3 (C-3)
Copper(I) Acetylide
Copper Azide
Cordite
DDNP
Diacetone Diperoxide (DADP)
Dinitrobenzene
DNT
Erythritol Tetranitrate (ETN)
EGDN
EGDN-Based Sheet Explosive
Gelatin Dynamite
HDN
Hexamine Peroxide (HMTD)
HMX
Hydrazine Hydrate
Hydrogen Peroxide
Hydrogen Peroxide Mixtures
Improvised Initiators
Improvised Sheet Explosive Comprising Improvised PETN, Nitrocellulose and Liquid Latex
Lead Azide
Lead Picrate
Mannitol Hexanitrate
Mercury Fulminate
Methyl Ethyl Ketone Peroxide (MEKP)
Methyl Nitrate
Mono-nitro-naphthalene (MNN)
Nitric Acid
Nitro Dextrin
Nitrocellulose
Nitrogen Triiodide
Nitroglycerin
Nitrostarch
NTO
PETN
Picric Acid
Plasticized TATP
Potassium Chlorate
Potassium Chlorate and Nigella Sativa (as published in AQAP's Inspire magazine)
Potassium Chlorate and Petroleum Jelly
Potassium Nitrate Mixtures
Potassium Permanganate Mixtures
Propylene Glycol Dinitrate (PGDN)
R4 (Ammonium nitrate, Aluminum and Hydrogen peroxide)
RDX
R-Salt
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Silver Azide
Silver Acetylide
Silver Fulminate
Sorbitol Hexanitrate
TATP
Tetryl
Thermite
TNT
Urea Nitrate and EGDN Mixture
Forthcoming Al-Khemia™ Bank
ANALNM (Breivik's Mixture of ANFO, Aluminum, Nitro methane and Micro air balloons)
Calcium Hypochlorite
Concentrated Hydrogen Peroxide and Flour
Dynamite Compounds
"Explosive sand" (silicon oxide aluminum powder and hydrogen peroxide)
Improvised Detonating Cord (Picric acid and Vaseline / ETN and Vaseline)
Lead Nitrate Mixtures
Nano-thermite
PBXN-103
Sodium Nitrate Mixtures
Sodium Perchlorate Mixtures
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The Al-Khemia™ catalog is updated monthly as the reports are completed.
Last updated: October 31 2016
Please direct any queries to [email protected]
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About Terrogence
Terrogence is a global pioneer of expert Virtual HUMINT™-driven Web Intelligence Services and
Technology, designed to bridge crucial intelligence gaps faced by allied governments and
corporations around the world.
Our WEBINT efforts are powerfully focused on Tactical C-IED, Cyber Counter-Intelligence, Digital
Diplomacy, and more.
Explore our WEBINT Services at www.terrogence.com.
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