Method of comparing initiating strength of detonators using adjustable-sensitivity liquid explosive

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• Personal Author:
  Bajpayee, T. S. ; Hay, J. Edmund
• Corporate Authors:
  United States. Bureau of Mines
• Description:
  "The U.S. Bureau of Mines (USBM) has developed a test procedure to compare the initiating strength of detonators by using adjustable-sensitivity liquid explosives. Various tests of detonator strength are currently used by the industry, but many of them do not quantify the ability of detonators to initiate detonation reactions in an explosive charge. The USBM used mixtures of nitromethane and ethylene diamine, the sensitivity being 'fine-tuned' by 2-nitropropane. Military standard J-2, commercial No. 6, and commercial No. 8 detonators were evaluated using three test configurations: (1) axially immersed in the test explosive, (2) tip just touching surface of the explosive, and (3) immersed transversely in the explosive." - NIOSHTIC-2
  
  NIOSHTIC no. 10012355
  
  
• Subjects:
  Occupational Health Safety
• Series:
  Mining Publications
• Subseries:
  Report of Investigations
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Report
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  6 numbered pages
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:10012355
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:6cdcfddbaa8e04e248ff6c904c9afeaf299fa041ea1f6dd1e501d3127bba784991eb8f01f7bef1894c07b2e973ed9750f279133068112a9f7b8bdbd490b10f53
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