R. Meyer J. Köhler A. Homburg Explosives

Inhibited Propellant
blasting cap or by a booster. The non-brisant ignition is termed inflammation.
The sensitivity of explosives to inflammation varies widely. Black powder
can be exploded by a spark from a spark-producing tool; smokeless
powders are ignited by the brief flame jet produced by striking a
percussion cap. On the other hand, the combustion of an ion-exchanged
W Permitted Explosive, ignited by a gas flame, is extinguished
as soon as the flame source is removed.
W Initiating Explosives always detonate when inflamed.
Inhibited Propellant
Oberflächenbehandelter Treibsatz; propellant traité de surface
A propellant grain in which a portion of the surface area has been
treated to control the burning.
Initiating Explosives
primary explosives; Initialsprengstoffe;
explosifs d’amorçage; explosifs primaires
Primary explosives can detonate by the action of a relatively weak
mechanical shock or by a spark; if used in the form of blasting caps,
they initiate the main explosive. They are also filled in percussion caps
mixed with friction agents and other components.
An initiating explosive must be highly brisant and must have a high
triggering velocity. The most important primary explosives are mercury
fulminate, lead azide, lead trinitroresorcinate, silver azide, diazodinitrophenol,
tetrazene, and the heavy metal salts of 5-nitrotetrazole,
which is used as an additive in primers. Initiating charges must be
transported only if they are already pressed into capsules; the latter
are usually made of aluminum, and sometimes of copper, while plastic
capsules are used for special purposes (W Blasting Caps; W Bridgewire
Detonators; W Bullet Hit Squib).
Initiation
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Zündung; mise à feu
Initiation means to set off explosive charges. The decomposition of an
explosive can undergo W Deflagration (subsonic propagation rate) or
W Detonation (supersonic propagation rate), depending on the manner
and intensity of the ignition and on amount of W Confinement.