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PRIMACORD [1 record]

Record 1 2011-07-20

English

Subject field(s)
  • Trade Names
  • Demolition (Military)
  • Explosives and Pyrotechnical Materials (Industries)
  • Blasting Work (Mining)
OBS

A trade name for a flexible fabric tube containing a filler of Pentaerythritol Tetranitrate (PETN).

OBS

Primacord is a textile-covered fuse with a core of very high explosive. It is used to create an explosive jar inside stuck drill pipe or tubing in order to back off the pipe at the joint immediately above the point at which it is stuck.

OBS

A trademark of the Ensign-Brickford Co.

Key term(s)
  • Primacord

French

Domaine(s)
  • Appellations commerciales
  • Destruction (Militaire)
  • Explosifs et artifices (Industries)
  • Travail aux explosifs (Exploitation minière)
OBS

Appellation commerciale désignant un tube souple renfermant du tétranitrate de pentaérythritol (PETN).

OBS

Dénomination commerciale d'un cordeau détonant.

OBS

Primacord : terme et définition uniformisés par le Comité de terminologie française du Conseil de doctrine et de tactique de l'Armée de terre; terme uniformisé par le Groupe de travail de terminologie du génie et par le Groupe de terminologie des Munitions.

OBS

Marque de commerce de Ensign-Brickford Co.

Key term(s)
  • Primacord

Spanish

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