Suddenly, there's a flash of intense light and heat, followed by a rapidly expanding fireball. Combustion of high explosives ...

When high explosives are subjected to sudden shock waves, such as from an impact or detonation, tiny regions of intense ...

primary explosives, which explode and do not burn and are used for detonators in shells; and high explosives, which shoot off in intimate contact with an exploding primary. He also explained a new ...