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Chemical Actions and Uses > Specialty Uses of Chemicals > Explosive Agents

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Explosive Agents  

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Entry terms

  • Explosive
  • Explosives

Scope note

  • Substances that are energetically unstable and can produce a sudden expansion of the material, called an explosion, which is accompanied by heat, pressure and noise. Other things which have been described as explosive that are not included here are explosive action of laser heating, human performance, sudden epidemiological outbreaks, or fast cell growth.

History note

  • 2007

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D053834

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