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Tichapondwa, Shepherd Masimba
(University of Pretoria, 2015)
Chemical time delay detonators are used to control blasting operations in mines and quarries.
Slow-burning Si-BaSO4 pyrotechnic delay compositions are employed for long time delays.
However, soluble barium compounds may ...
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Tichapondwa, Shepherd Masimba
(University of Pretoria, 2012-06-26)
Silicon dispersions in water are used to produce pyrotechnic time delay compositions employed in mine detonators. The delay elements are manufactured by pressing the pyrotechnic composition into aluminium tubes. The automated ...