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  • An explosive (or explosive material) is a reactive substance that contains a great amount of potential energy that can produce an explosion if released...
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    An explosively formed penetrator (EFP), also known as an explosively formed projectile, a self-forging warhead, or a self-forging fragment, is a special...
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    Plastic explosive is a soft and hand-moldable solid form of explosive material. Within the field of explosives engineering, plastic explosives are also...
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    Some pyrotechnics Fireworks Explosively pumped flux compression generator Explosive-driven ferroelectric generator "Explosive Device - an overview". ScienceDirect...
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  • the source of the explosively forged five-layer raw material specified by General Electric engineers. This manufacturer used explosive sheet metal forging...
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  • In thermodynamics, explosive boiling or phase explosion is a method whereby a superheated metastable liquid undergoes an explosive liquid-vapor phase...
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    A nuclear explosive is an explosive device that derives its energy from nuclear reactions. Almost all nuclear explosive devices that have been designed...
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    Explosive detection is a non-destructive inspection process to determine whether a container contains explosive material. Explosive detection is commonly...
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  • A mine is an explosive placed underground or underwater that explodes when disturbed, or when remotely triggered. The term originated from the use of...
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    An explosive belt (also called suicide belt or a suicide vest) is an improvised explosive device, a belt or a vest packed with explosives and armed with...
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    In an explosive, pyrotechnic device, or military munition, a fuse (or fuze) is the part of the device that initiates function. In common usage, the word...
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  • Explosives engineering is the field of science and engineering which is related to examining the behavior and usage of explosive materials. Some of the...
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    An explosive weapon is a weapon that uses an explosive to project blast and/or fragmentation from a point of detonation. In the common practice of states...
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    development of most explosively deepening cyclones. However, the relative roles of baroclinic and diabatic processes in explosive deepening of extratropical...
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  • sequence, also called an explosive train or a firing train, is a sequence of events that culminates in the detonation of explosives. For safety reasons, most...
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  • A binary explosive or two-component explosive is an explosive consisting of two components, neither of which is explosive by itself, which have to be mixed...
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    An explosive lens—as used, for example, in nuclear weapons—is a highly specialized shaped charge. In general, it is a device composed of several explosive...
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  • "The Baumoff Explosive", also known as "Eloi, Eloi, Lama Sabachthani" is a horror story by William Hope Hodgson, first published in 1919. The story is...
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    variety of the plastic explosive family known as Composition C, which uses RDX as its explosive agent. C-4 is composed of explosives, plastic binder, plasticizer...
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  • The Explosive Generation is a 1961 film directed by Buzz Kulik. It stars William Shatner and Patty McCormack. The story is about Peter Gifford, a teacher...
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