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PYROTECHNIC CORD [1 record]

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Record 1 2000-07-12

English

Subject field(s)
  • Blasting (Construction)
  • Oil Drilling
  • Blasting Work (Mining)
DEF

An explosive device that uses primacord, a textile-covered fuse with a core of very high explosive, to create an explosive jar inside stuck pipe or tubing to back off the pipe at the joint immediately above the stuck point.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Dynamitage (Construction)
  • Forage des puits de pétrole
  • Travail aux explosifs (Exploitation minière)
CONT

Primacord : dénomination commerciale d'un cordeau détonant.

Spanish

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