ignition
combustion
Also known as: firing
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black powder
- In explosive: Ignition of black powder
Black powder is relatively insensitive to shock and friction and must be ignited by flame or heat. In the early days such devices as torches, glowing tinder, and heated iron rods were used to ignite the powder and, in most cases,…
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blasting caps
- In explosive: Ignition systems
Except for the means of firing, there is little difference between electric and fuse-type blasting caps. With minor variations, the explosives used are the same.
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combustion
- In combustion: The chemical reactions
…mixture of combustibles attains the ignition temperature. The combustion spreads from the ignition source to the adjacent layer of gas mixture; in turn, each point of the burning layer serves as an ignition source for the next adjacent layer, and so on. Combustion terminates when equilibrium is achieved between the…
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