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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...73 KB (8,329 words) - 06:43, 9 May 2024
Plastic explosive is a soft and hand-moldable solid form of explosive material. Within the field of explosives engineering, plastic explosives are also...21 KB (1,849 words) - 13:41, 15 April 2024- Explosives engineering is the field of science and engineering which is related to examining the behavior and usage of explosive materials. Some of the...2 KB (196 words) - 09:57, 8 August 2023
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...11 KB (1,058 words) - 23:31, 22 April 2024- A mine is an explosive placed underground or underwater that explodes when disturbed, or when remotely triggered. The term originated from the use of...996 bytes (187 words) - 20:12, 15 October 2022
Explosive detection is a non-destructive inspection process to determine whether a container contains explosive material. Explosive detection is commonly...20 KB (2,247 words) - 07:27, 9 December 2023
The volcanic explosivity index (VEI) is a relative measure of the explosiveness of volcanic eruptions. It was devised by Christopher G. Newhall of the...16 KB (1,011 words) - 13:05, 21 May 2024- 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...7 KB (706 words) - 02:19, 28 June 2023
An explosive device is a device that relies on the exothermic reaction of an explosive material to provide a violent release of energy. Applications of...2 KB (101 words) - 03:42, 28 April 2024- This timeline lists the development of explosives and related events. History of gunpowder Timeline of the gunpowder age Largest artificial non-nuclear...10 KB (425 words) - 05:24, 20 November 2023
A nuclear explosive is an explosive device that derives its energy from nuclear reactions. Almost all nuclear explosive devices that have been designed...4 KB (426 words) - 14:36, 25 December 2023
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...6 KB (699 words) - 01:42, 14 January 2024- contact explosives have varying amounts of energy sensitivity, they are all much more sensitive relative to other kinds of explosives. Contact explosives are...9 KB (1,071 words) - 03:06, 8 November 2023
- In thermodynamics, explosive boiling or phase explosion is a method whereby a superheated metastable liquid undergoes an explosive liquid-vapor phase...5 KB (570 words) - 18:03, 27 April 2024
- Explosive forming is a metalworking technique in which an explosive charge is used instead of a punch or press. It can be used on materials for which...7 KB (1,041 words) - 23:04, 4 July 2022
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...31 KB (3,049 words) - 04:49, 19 May 2024
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...11 KB (1,506 words) - 08:47, 5 April 2023
Tetrazene (1-(5-tetrazolyl)-3-guanyl tetrazene hydrate) is an explosive material used for sensitization of priming compositions. It is a derivative of...5 KB (390 words) - 15:22, 12 April 2024
The explosive rat, also known as a rat bomb, was a weapon developed by the British Special Operations Executive (SOE) in World War II for use against...5 KB (495 words) - 14:53, 14 April 2024- 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...4 KB (542 words) - 04:41, 26 April 2023
- explosive + -ness explosiveness (usually uncountable, plural explosivenesses) The state of being explosive.
- Explosive Substances Act 1883 the Parliament of the United Kingdom 3855057Explosive Substances Act 18831883the Parliament of the United Kingdom Layout
- a range (short or long distance) of explosive weapons that only rely on the exothermic reaction of an explosive material to provide an extremely sudden
- into each box of explosives and get out to retrieve each. Deal with the quarry workers if they get annoying. After getting the explosives, security attempts