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composite explosives
Explosives that contain a mechanical mixture of substances that consume and give off oxygen with one or several simple explosives. They can be regarded as mixed explosives with an addition of one or more simple explosives as sensitizers, which makes for easier initiation of the mixture and gives greater assurance of complete transformation.
- Part of Speech: noun
- Industry/Domain: Mining
- Category: General mining; Mineral mining
- Government Agency: USBM
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