detonating cord

English
Several detonating cords; a junction to run fuse lines to different charges, and loops for timing delays

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Noun

detonating cord (plural detonating cords)

  1. An explosive cord, typically used as a fuse/primer to detonate explosive charges, or as a cutting agent to cut patterns explosively. The explosive cord is a small flexible plastic tube filled with explosive in a flexible binder, typically pentaerythritol tetranitrate (“PETN”) (pentrite explosives).

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Coordinate terms
  • plastic explosive
  • cord explosive
  • sheet explosive
  • stick explosive
  • explosive line
  • explosive sheet
  • explosive stick

Derived terms
  • detcord / det cord / det. cord
  • detacord
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