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    Detonating cord (also called detonation cord, detacord, detcord, or primer cord) is a thin, flexible plastic tube usually filled with pentaerythritol...
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  • Primacord is a brand of detonating cord used in blasting. It was developed in 1936 by the Ensign-Bickford Company. Ensign-Bickford sold their registered...
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  • Cordtex is a type of detonating cord generally used in mining. "Cordtex" and "Primacord" are two of many trademarks which have slipped into use as a generic...
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  • reliable than detonating cord, with the same quantity of explosive. Another early product contained an enclosed combusting, non-detonating fiber. The most...
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    1 m) length of detonating cord assembled with detonating cord clips and capped at each end with a booster. When the charge is detonated, the explosive...
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    assembly of PETN and wax inside the charge assures high reliability for detonating cord or detonator. The H (or SE) variant is intended for explosion hardening...
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  • inert projectiles. D: Secondary detonating explosive substance or black powder or article containing a secondary detonating explosive substance, in each...
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    lengths of detonating cord. Some designs use lengths of detonating cord or blasting caps to rupture the fuel container as well as detonate the main charge...
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    in mining technology was detonating cord. Ensign-Bickford and other companies developed different versions of detonating cord. In 1937, Ensign-Bickford...
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  • www.britannica.com. 2023-06-16. Retrieved 2023-06-27. "Explosive - Detonating Cord, Primacord, TNT, and Shaped Charge | Britannica". www.britannica.com...
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