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There are three categories of initiation system: devices for generating a detonation, articles for transferring a detonation and devices for enhancing the detonation. In this chapter all the three categories of the initiation system are discussed, especially the different kinds of detonators and their application in rock blasting.
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Zou, D. (2017). Initiation System. In: Theory and Technology of Rock Excavation for Civil Engineering. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-10-1989-0_4
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