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==Background==
==Background==
Historically, Napalm is a miture of chemicals which, when mixed with gasoline and compressed, makes a sticky incendiary gel. Developed by the U.S. in [[World War II]] by a team of Harvard chemists led by Louis Fieser, its name is a combination of its original ingredient's names:
Historically, Napalm is a mixture of chemicals which, when mixed with gasoline and compressed, makes a sticky incendiary gel. Developed by the U.S. in [[World War II]] by a team of Harvard chemists led by Louis Fieser, its name is a combination of its original ingredient's names:
*Aluminum salts of '''na'''phthenic and '''palm'''itic acids.
*Aluminum salts of '''na'''phthenic and '''palm'''itic acids.


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