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Detonator

A detonator or blasting cap is a small explosive device or small quantity of explosive, which can be combined with a fuse, used for detonating a larger charge of high explosive. Detonators come in a variety of types, depending on how they are initiated (chemically, mechanically, or electrically) and details of their inner working, which often involve…

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Blasting caps

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Detonator

Nodes66
Edges65
Triples38
Avg. degree1.97
Density0.030303
Components1

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Detonator

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related to Types · 18
Detonator → AgN3, Hg, IED, In, It, LPD, LPDs, N3, ONC, Ordinary, Pb, SPD, SPDs, The, There, This, Well, While
related to history · 6
Detonator → Benjamin Franklin, British, In, Philadelphia, The, William Watson
see also · 5
Detonator → Exploding-bridgewire, Improvised Munitions Handbook, Sensitive, Sequence, United States Army
related to Purpose · 3
Detonator → For, Secondary, The
is a · 1
Detonator → shock tube detonator designed to initiate explosions

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detonators explosive electric blasting caps cap used primary use fuse secondary explosives charge small wire type fulminate bridgewire tube current

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Detonatoris ashock tube detonator designed to initiate explosions0.90text
DDNP to reduce the amount of lead emitted into the atmosphere by mininginstance ofor other materials0.80text
quarrying operationsinstance ofor other materials0.80text
blasting caps came from the development of safer secondaryinstance ofPurposeThe need for detonators0.80text
tertiary explosivesinstance ofPurposeThe need for detonators0.80text
PET film or kapton down a circular hole in an additional disc of insulating materialinstance ofuse the electrical vaporization of the foil to drive a small circle of insulating material0.80text
Detonatorrelated to historyThe0.60section
Detonatorrelated to historyBritish0.60section
Detonatorrelated to historyWilliam Watson0.60section
Detonatorrelated to historyIn0.60section
Detonatorrelated to historyBenjamin Franklin0.60section
Detonatorrelated to historyPhiladelphia0.60section

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