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RE: Is this an explosive charge?
Posted by: AL Wellman ()
Date: March 05, 2001 07:31PM

If the usage sounds like an explosive, the weight specified seems to fit within the anticipated range of a \"booster\" charge. The weight is too large for the primary explosive in a fuze, and too small for the secondary high explosive of the main charge. Booster charges were explosives of intermediate sensitivity used to reliably react to the small energy release of the minimum quantity of heat or shock sensitive explosive in the fuze and then generate enough energy to reliably initiate high-order detonation of relatively insensitive explosives like TNT or ammonium nitrate. This is just a guess, but you might check to see if it fits with the other data you have. =AL=

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depth charges kpp 03/03/2001 10:21PM
RE: Is this an explosive charge? AL Wellman 03/05/2001 07:31PM
RE: Is this an explosive charge? kpp 03/05/2001 09:07PM
RE: Is this an explosive charge? Jon Balson 03/06/2001 12:55PM
RE: Is this an explosive charge? Tom Iwanski 03/07/2001 06:38PM


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