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  • 1Detonation nanodiamond — Detonation nanodiamond, TEM image Detonation nanodiamond (DND), often also called ultradispersed diamond (UDD), is diamond that originates from a detonation. When an oxygen deficient explosive mixture of TNT/RDX is detonated in a closed chamber,… …

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  • 2detonation — An explosion. A spontaneous, or exceedingly rapid, combustion of a fuel air mixture after normal ignition inside the combustion chamber at a temperature and pressure critical to a particular type of gasoline, causing an explosion. The explosion… …

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  • 3High-temperature superconductivity — Unsolved problems in physics What causes superconductivity at temperatures above 50 kelvin? High temperature superconductors (abbreviated high Tc or HTS) are materials that have a superconducting transition temperature (Tc) above 30 K… …

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  • 4Pulse detonation engine — A pulse detonation engine, or PDE , is a type of propulsion system that can operate from subsonic up to hypersonic speeds. In theory the PDE design can produce an engine with a burn efficiency higher than other designs, with considerably fewer… …

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  • 5Orders of magnitude (pressure) — This is a tabulated listing of the orders of magnitude in relation to pressure expressed in pascals. Magnitude Pressure lbf/in2 or dB Item 10−13 Pa 0.1 pPa Interstellar space pressure (approximate) 10 …

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  • 6Carbon detonation — is a violent re ignition of thermonuclear fusion in a dead star, which produces a Type Ia supernovae.ProcessA white dwarf undergoes carbon detonation only if it has a normal binary companion which is close enough to the dwarf star to dump… …

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  • 7Explosive material — A number of 1.25lb M112 Demolition Charges, consisting of a C 4 compound, sit atop degraded weaponry scheduled for destruction An explosive material, also called an explosive, is a reactive substance that contains a great amount of potential… …

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  • 8Engine knocking — Pinging redirects here. For other uses, see Ping (disambiguation). Knocking (also called knock, detonation, spark knock, pinging or pinking) in spark ignition internal combustion engines occurs when combustion of the air/fuel mixture in the… …

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  • 9Shaped charge — Sectioned high explosive anti tank round with the inner shaped charge visible …

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  • 10explosive — explosively, adv. explosiveness, n. /ik sploh siv/, adj. 1. tending or serving to explode: an explosive temper; Nitroglycerin is an explosive substance. 2. pertaining to or of the nature of an explosion: explosive violence. 3. likely to lead to… …

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