Napalm Napalm Napalm is an incendiary mixture of a gelling agent and a volatile petrochemical (usually gasoline (petrol) or diesel fuel). The title is a portmanteau of the names of two of the constituents of the original thickening and gelling agents: co-precipitated aluminium salts of naphthenic and palmitic acids. Napalm B is the more modern version of napalm (utilizing styrene derivatives) and, although distinctly different in its chemical composition, is often referred to simply as "napalm". Napalm was originally developed in 1942 in a secret laboratory at Harvard University, by a team led by chemist Louis Fieser under the United States
Macleaya cordata dihydrochelerythrine, and twelve fatty acids of which linoleic, oleic, palmitic and stearic acids predominate. Macleaya cordata Macleaya cordata, the five-seeded plume-poppy, is a species of flowering plant in the poppy family Papaveraceae, which is used ornamentally. It is native to China and Japan. It is a large herbaceous perennial growing to tall by or more wide, with olive green leaves and airy panicles of buff-white flowers in summer. The Latin "cordata" means "heart-shaped", referring to the leaves. The common name plume poppy is used for plants of the genus "Macleaya". The Chinese name 博落回 ("bóluòhúi") is derived from 簸邏迴 ("bòluóhúi"),