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High Current Electrical Conduction of Pressed Condensed Detonating Explosives

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The work reported here is part of a continuing theoretical and experimental study of the mechanisms and effects of the conduction of large electrical currents in detonating high explosives.

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Tasker, D.G., Lee, R.J. (1986). High Current Electrical Conduction of Pressed Condensed Detonating Explosives. In: Gupta, Y.M. (eds) Shock Waves in Condensed Matter. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4613-2207-8_136

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