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millisecond delay [2 records]

Record 1 2003-04-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • Blasting Work (Mining)
DEF

A detonator in which the interval of time delay is incremental in milliseconds.

CONT

Short-delay detonators are used for the easer holes and 1/2-s delays for the rest of the round.

Key term(s)
  • millisecond delay cap

French

Domaine(s)
  • Travail aux explosifs (Exploitation minière)
CONT

Détonateur à microretard. Cette nouvelle série de détonateurs a des retards de 20 à 50 millisecondes au lieu de 55 centisecondes dans les retards ordinaires. On réduit ainsi la durée qui sépare deux volées de détonation et l'on a moins de chance de dénudation des charges et de formation d'un mélange grisouteux à forte teneur.

Spanish

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Record 2 1976-06-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Blasting (Construction)
OBS

Blasting cap.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Dynamitage (Construction)
OBS

Bucksh.

Spanish

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