If you are unfamiliar with initiators, when you hear the phrase "exploding-bridgewire" you may picture a bridge blowing up and the hero running away from it in the nick of time, like an action movie cliché. But these devices are not about “burning bridges” like the demo video below: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kwc2rVX2Jkw Exploding-bridgewires (EBW's) have a slug/header … Continue reading Exploding-Bridgewire
What are hot spots? Besides being a trendy new bar in town, a way to connect to the internet, or a centralized pain in your foot, “hot spots” are important to understand in the context of energetics. Voids, or air bubbles/cavities, or anomalies in energetics can causes hot spots. Hot spots increase the sensitivity of … Continue reading Hot Spot Initiation
Primers, or Primary High Explosives, are super sensitive explosives that do not take much to be initiated. Typical primer mixes contain lead styphnate, lead (II) azide, tetracene, mercury fulminate, or an antimony-sulfide mixture, and a grit which further sensitizes the mix when crushed by compression. [1] Primary explosives are often a heavy metal attached to an … Continue reading Primers
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