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SIC 2892Explosives

Industry · Standard Industrial Classification (1987)

Where 2892 sits

  1. D Manufacturing
  2. 28 Chemicals and Allied Products
  3. 289 Miscellaneous Chemical Products
  4. 2892 Explosives

Description

Establishments primarily engaged in manufacturing explosives.

What 2892 includes

6-digit codes

  • 289200 — Explosives
  • 289201 — Primary Explosives, Fuses and Detonators
  • 289202 — Secondary High Explosives

8-digit codes

  • 28920000 — Explosives
  • 28920100 — Primary explosives, fuses and detonators
  • 28920101 — Detonators and detonating caps
  • 28920102 — Detonators, high explosives
  • 28920103 — Diazodinitrophenol, DDNP
  • 28920104 — Fuse powder
  • 28920105 — Fuses, safety
  • 28920106 — Lead azide (explosive)
  • 28920107 — Lead styphnate (explosive)
  • 28920108 — Mercury fulminate (explosive)
  • 28920109 — Nitromannitol (explosive)
  • 28920200 — Secondary high explosives
  • 28920201 — Amatols (explosive)
  • 28920202 — Black powder (explosive)
  • 28920203 — Cordite (explosive)
  • 28920204 — Cyclonite, RDX
  • 28920205 — Dynamite
  • 28920206 — Emulsions (explosive)
  • 28920207 — Ethylene glycol dinitrate, EGDN
  • 28920208 — Explosive cartridges for concussion forming of metal
  • 28920209 — Gunpowder
  • 28920210 — HMX, HBX
  • 28920211 — Nitroglycerin (explosive)
  • 28920212 — Nitromethane, NM (explosive)
  • 28920213 — Nitrostarches (explosive)
  • 28920214 — Nitrosugars (explosive)
  • 28920215 — Pentaerythritol tetranitrate, PETN
  • 28920216 — Plastic explosives
  • 28920217 — Slurries (explosive)
  • 28920218 — Sporting powder (explosive)
  • 28920219 — Squibbs, electric
  • 28920220 — TNT and DNT, trinitrotoluene and dinitrotoluene
  • 28920221 — Water gels (explosive)
  • 28920222 — Well shooting torpedoes (explosive)

Example activities

  • amatol (explosives)
  • azides (explosives)
  • blasting powder and blasting caps
  • carbohydrates, nitrated (explosives)
  • cordeau detonant (explosives)
  • cordite (explosives)
  • detonating caps for safety fuses
  • detonators (explosive compounds)
  • dynamite
  • explosive cartridges for concussion forming of metal
  • explosive compounds
  • explosives
  • fulminate of mercury (explosive compounds)
  • fuse powder
  • fuses, safety
  • gunpowder
  • high explosives
  • lead azide (explosives)
  • mercury azide (explosives)
  • nitrocellulose powder (explosives)
  • nitroglycerin (explosives)
  • nitromannitol (explosives)
  • nitrostarch (explosives)
  • nitrosugars (explosives)

Cross-references for 2892

  • Establishments primarily engaged in manufacturing ammunition for small arms are classified in Industry 3482 and those manufacturing fireworks are classified in Industry 2899.

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