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The effect of the casing on the critical detonation diameter of a fine low-velocity emulsion explosive was examined experimentally. The critical diameter of a metalcased cylindrical charge is seven times smaller than that of the charge in a thin-walled polyethylene casing.
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Translated from Fizika Goreniya i Vzryva, Vol. 46, No. 6, pp. 107–110, November–December, 2010.
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Plastinin, A.V., Bordzilovskii, S.A., Karakhanov, S.M. et al. Critical detonation diameter of a cased low-velocity emulsion explosive. Combust Explos Shock Waves 46, 708–711 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10573-010-0094-5
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