Science & Tech
explosive
chemical product
coal miner loading a drill hole with an explosive
Category:
Science & Tech
- Related Topics:
- gunpowder
- pyrotechnics
- high explosive
- low explosive
- mechanical explosive
Recent News
Mar. 28, 2024, 2:26 AM ET (MSN)
'Explosive' 2024 hurricane season warning as experts could 'run out of names' for storms
Mar. 26, 2024, 4:41 AM ET (BBC)
Dublin: Explosives seized and man arrested following garda search
explosive, any substance or device that can be made to produce a volume of rapidly expanding gas in an extremely brief period. There are three fundamental types: mechanical, nuclear, and chemical. A mechanical explosive is one that depends on a physical reaction, such as overloading a container with compressed air. Such a device has some application in mining, where the release of gas from chemical explosives may be undesirable, but otherwise is very little used. A nuclear explosive is one in which a sustained nuclear reaction can be made to take place with almost instant rapidity, releasing large amounts of ...(100 of 8450 words)