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Brisance (/brɪˈzɑːns/; from French briser 'to break, shatter', from Celtic brissim 'to break'[1]) is the shattering capability of a high explosive, determined mainly by its detonation pressure.
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Look up brisance in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Brisance (/brɪˈzɑːns/; from French briser 'to break, shatter', from Celtic brissim 'to break') is...
its brisance. Brisance values are primarily employed in France and Russia. The sand crush test is commonly employed to determine the relative brisance in...
between TNT and ammonium nitrate. TNT has higher explosive velocity and brisance, but is deficient in oxygen. Oxygen deficiency causes black smoke residue...
given in is -22.3°; boiling point 199° at 760mm Hg (with decomposition). Brisance by lead block compression (Hess crusher test) is 30.0 mm, versus 18.5 mm...
for overall energy and power of detonation, and in particular for the brisance or shattering effect of an explosive which is due to the detonation pressure...
which contains trinitrotoluene as well to increase properties such as brisance. The mixture is often referred to as Tannerite, which is a brand of ammonal...
metal cylinders of acetylene intended to increase the fireball and the brisance of the explosion. McVeigh then added a dual-fuse ignition system accessible...
such as PETN and RDX can feature comparable detonation velocities and brisance to Astrolite G. Astrolite A, a secondary (and less common) type of Astrolite...
has a strong, depleted uranium core. An important aspect of ERA is the brisance, or detonation speed of its explosive element. A more brisant explosive...
in their possession. It was found by the IRA, in response to using low-brisance AN fertilizers, that "hot spots" can be created by blending powdered sugar...
ISBN 978-0-313-37692-4. Hook, John. "Who Killed Bob Crane? The Final Close-Up". Brisance Books Group (2016). ISBN 9781944194253 Crane, Robert and Fryer, Christopher...
because of its relatively slow decomposition rate and consequently low brisance (breaking/shattering). Low explosives deflagrate (i.e., burn at subsonic...
can be achieved by using a lower quantity of an explosive with greater brisance, so that the force applied is greater but the material spends less time...
per second faster) and forms the main part of this explosive blend, the brisance characteristics of Octol can be inferred. The applications of Octol are...
below should be taken as an example and not as a precise source of data. Brisance Net explosive quantity Nuclear weapon yield Orders of magnitude (energy)...
a low explosive because of its slow burning rates and consequently low brisance [not verified in body]. These produce a subsonic deflagration wave rather...
containing a high proportion of cyclonite and hence high-energy output and brisance by a simple variant of the melt casting process, while simultaneously conserving...
TNT[citation needed], although TNT has a higher velocity of detonation (VoD) and brisance[citation needed]. Both of these explosives are oxygen-poor, and some benefits...
the speed of TNT. Accordingly, nitroglycerin is considered to be a high-brisance explosive, which is to say, it has excellent shattering ability. The heat...
velocity of 8040 m/s, and Pcj detonation pressure of about 300 kbar. Its brisance is far higher than that of Semtex (about 220 kbar, depending on brand)...
(149 °F) Tetrytol does not change stability, acid content, sensitivity or brisance. However, temperatures at 65 °C or above will allow the formation of an...
55% of the TNT equivalent. TATP at 0.4 g/cm3 has about one-third of the brisance of TNT (1.2 g/cm3) measured by the Hess test. TATP is attractive to terrorists...
after washing. The most common use of PETN is as an explosive with high brisance. It is a secondary explosive, meaning it is more difficult to detonate...
and completely shattered a ground floor reinforced concrete column (see brisance). At second story level a wider column spacing existed, and loads from...
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