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direct initiation
The placing of the detonator in the last cartridge to be inserted in the shothole with the active end of the detonator pointing inward. This position tends to minimize the risk of gas ignition.
- Part of Speech: noun
- Industry/Domain: Mining
- Category: General mining; Mineral mining
- Government Agency: USBM
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