In explosives engineering, sensitivity refers to the degree to which an explosive can be initiated by impact, heat, or friction. Current in-use standard...

be "high explosives" and materials that deflagrate are said to be "low explosives". Explosives may also be categorized by their sensitivity. Sensitive...

among its inputs Sensitivity and specificity, statistical measures of the performance of binary classification tests Sensitivity (explosives), the degree...

contact explosives have varying amounts of energy sensitivity, they are all much more sensitive relative to other kinds of explosives. Contact explosives are...

Determination of the shock sensitivity of a material intended for practical use is one important aspect of safety testing of explosives. A variety of tests and...

variety of the plastic explosive family known as Composition C, which uses RDX as its explosive agent. C-4 is composed of explosives, plastic binder, plasticizer...

Plastic explosive is a soft and hand-moldable solid form of explosive material. Within the field of explosives engineering, plastic explosives are also...

2014. Matyáš, R.; Šelešovský, J.; Musil, T. (2012). "Sensitivity to friction for Primary Explosives". Journal of Hazardous Materials. 213–214: 236–41. doi:10...

dyes, pigments, inks, medicines, and explosives such as lead styphnate. It is itself a low-sensitivity explosive, similar to picric acid, but explodes...

Polymer-bonded explosives, also called PBX or plastic-bonded explosives, are explosive materials in which explosive powder is bound together in a matrix...

difficult to provide an absolute scale for sensitivity with respect to the different properties of explosives. Therefore, it is generally required that...

agents. Water gel explosives have a jelly-like consistency and come in sausage-like packing stapled shut on both sides. Water-gel explosives have almost completely...

and precursors with nanogram-level sensitivity. Raman spectroscopy has been successfully tested to detect explosives and their precursors. Technologies...

An explosive booster is a sensitive explosive charge that acts as a bridge between a (relatively weak) conventional detonator and a low-sensitivity (but...

Explosives trace detectors (ETD) are explosive detection equipment able to detect explosives of small magnitude. The detection is accomplished by sampling...

Cooper, Paul W., Explosives Engineering, New York: Wiley-VCH, 1996. ISBN 0-471-18636-8 John Pike (1996-06-19). "Nitramine Explosives". Globalsecurity...

bears a low impact sensitivity, and possesses a very low shock sensitivity and large critical diameter, making it an interesting explosive filler for insensitive...

but the low sensitivity means that it is not generally regulated as such. ANFO has a moderate velocity compared to other industrial explosives, measuring...

to explosives trace detectors (ETD) which require the physical collection of particulate samples from surfaces. EVDs are not limited to explosives, and...

insensitive that in 1910 it was exempted from the UK's Explosives Act 1875 and was not considered an explosive for the purposes of manufacture and storage. The...

penetrating power. In a June 1944 report from the Explosives Manufacturing Practices Laboratory of the Explosives Factory Maribyrnong, an operational requirement...

safety reasons, most widely used high explosives are difficult to detonate. A primary explosive of higher sensitivity is used to trigger a uniform and predictable...

between the friction sensitivity of a given pair of primary explosives. This leads to different values for friction sensitivity measured at different...

Booster pump, a type of compressor Explosive booster, a bridge between a low energy explosive and a low sensitivity explosive Launch vehicle, a satellite-launching...

Especially for little studied explosives there may be divergent published values due to charge diameter issues. In liquid explosives, like nitroglycerin, there...

size and sensitivity is not the same across all explosives. L. Richard Simpson; M. Frances Foltz (June 1996). LLNL Small-Scale Friction Sensitivity (BAM)...

Blasting and Explosives Engineering. CRC Press. p. 73. ISBN 978-1-351-41822-5. Fedoroff, B.T.; Kaye, S.M. (1960). Encyclopedia of Explosives and Related...

mixtures with other explosives and plasticizers or phlegmatizers (desensitizers); it is the explosive agent in C-4 plastic explosive and a key ingredient...

compound. More so than other azides, it is explosive. It is used in detonators to initiate secondary explosives. In a commercially usable form, it is a white...

monopropellant. It is used as a diesel cetane improver. IPN is a low-sensitivity explosive, with a detonation velocity of approximately 5400 m/s. Isopropyl...