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Different Types of Explosives
To learn about the different areas of explosives and the separate
explosives related to each group.
Explosive adj. 1. of, involving, or characterized by an explosion or
explosions. 2. capable of exploding or tending to explode. 3. potentially
violent or hazardous; dangerous: an ex ....
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.... be solids, liquids, or gases. However, all explosives
consist of a fuel and an oxidizer--a substance that supplies the oxygen
needed to make the fuel burn. When the most powerful explosives detonate,
a chemical reaction takes place very quickly (usually in less than a
millionth of a second). Liquids and solids change to hot gases that expand
with a large blast of heat and pressure. The higher the pressure, the more
powerful the explosion is.
There are four main types of chemical explosives--primary explosives,
high explosives, blasting agents, and low explosives.
Prim ....
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