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lead block test [1 record]

Record 1 1989-10-30

English

Subject field(s)
  • Analytical Chemistry
  • Explosives and Pyrotechnical Materials (Industries)
DEF

a test in which an explosive is detonated on a lead block; the amount of deformation is related to the energy by the explosion.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Chimie analytique
  • Explosifs et artifices (Industries)
DEF

Technique d'évaluation des explosifs basée sur la mesure de la déformation produite par la détonation sur un bloc de plomb.

OBS

Cette méthode est décrite dans AUTEC, vol. 5, p.509, et dans "Les explosifs occasionnels," de Médard, 1979, vol. 1, p. 427.

Spanish

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