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    In an explosive, pyrotechnic device, or military munition, a fuse (or fuze) is the part of the device that initiates function. In common usage, the word...
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  • against sudden loss of fluid pressure Fuse (explosives) or fuze, the part of the device that initiates function Fuze or fuse, a mechanism for exploding military...
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  • Fuze (redirect from Radar fuse)
    publications about explosives and munitions distinguish the "fuse" and "fuze" spelling. The UK Ministry of Defence states (emphasis in original): Fuse: Cord or...
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    Encyclopedic Dictionary of Pyrotechnics. Journal of Pyrotechnics, Incorporated. pp. 1160–1161. ISBN 9781889526218. Retrieved 6 February 2024. Fuse (explosives)...
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    In electronics and electrical engineering, a fuse is an electrical safety device that operates to provide overcurrent protection of an electrical circuit...
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    4 cm) inside diameter, with a fuse coming out of the side; this type of fuse is commonly known as cannon fuse or Visco fuse, after a company responsible...
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  • The safety fuse is a type of fuse invented and patented by English inventor William Bickford in 1831. Originally it consisted of a "tube" of gunpowder...
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    Detonator (redirect from Explosive primer)
    base of the cap around the fuse. If the tool used to crimp the cap is used too close to the explosives, the primary explosive compound can detonate during...
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    bomb to escape) Limpet mine (attached to enemy ships by naval divers) Fuse (explosives) Ticking time bomb scenario (hypothetical justification of torture)...
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  • explosives and high explosives made such that the low explosives are highly sensitive (i.e. their Figure of Insensitivity is low) and high explosives...
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  • detonating fuse of a known detonation velocity, inserted radially at two points into the explosive charge at a known distance apart. When the explosive charge...
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    wicks are soaked. Wicks can also be pretreated with paraffin wax. Fuse (explosives) "Elements of a Candle: Wicks". National Candle Association. Retrieved...
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    at nearby London Zoo. In 1875, he framed the Explosives Act, the first modern legislation for explosives control. He also pioneered many bomb disposal...
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    device Clearance diver Counter-IED efforts Fuse (explosives) Overpressure 52nd Ordnance Group (EOD) EOD CoE Explosive Ordnance Disposal Badge Gegana Indonesian...
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    Suit Anti-handling device Clearance diver Demining Explosive Ordnance Disposal Badge Fuse (explosives) Gegana a special police unit of Indonesia specializing...
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    multiple sticks of C-4 Bomb Composition B Fuse Polymer-bonded explosive ANFO Semtex Use forms of explosives "Explosives – Compositions". GlobalSecurity.org...
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    generally used instead of slow match. Black match Hand cannon Flash pan Fuse (explosives) Matchlock Linstock Punk (fireworks) Touch hole Keegan, John (1989)...
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    shell type is high explosive, commonly referred to simply as HE. They have a strong steel case, a bursting charge, and a fuse. The fuse detonates the bursting...
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    Federal Explosives Laws and Regulations (ATF P 5400.7)". ATF.gov. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives. ATF Fact Sheet - Illegal Explosives Devices...
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    Dynamite (category Explosives)
    established a factory in 1902 at Somerset West. The explosives factory was later operated by AECI (African Explosives and Chemical Industries). The demand for the...
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