Influence of external-detonation-generated plasmas on the performance of semi-confined explosive charges
CIM Bulletin, Vol. 72, No. 802, 1979
LEX LUDY, Vice-President of Technology Ireco Chemicals Ltd., Salt Lake City, Utah
External-detonation-generated plasmas, highly ionized zones of reacting material ejected from the surface of detonating explosive charges, are shown to be the cause of channel desensitization, i.e., the self-quenching of a detonating explosive column loaded in a borehole with an air annulus between the explosive and the borehole wall.
