Detonator

It is a small charge of special explosive

enclosed in small copper or aluminium
tube of 6-7mm diameter.due
To chemical reaction intiated either by
the flame or electric current
Detonators are basically two types
1.Plain detonators
2.Electric detonators
 History of detonators

* Black powder first used in mining in

the year 1627.
* Hazardous ignition overcome in
1831 with invention of
Miners Safety Fuse by William
Bickford
 * Discovery of Nitroglycerine in 1846 by
Ascanio Sobrero
* Safe manufacture in 1860s for
industrial use

* Hazardous ignition overcome in 1863

with development of practical detonator
by Alfred Nobel
 * Nobel experimented with design
and developed a mercury blasting
cap in 1865

*
* All detonator advancements based
on original mercury blasting cap
 ]

Plain detonator:-It depends on the

amount of base charge.
Manufactured in two strengths VIZ
no.6 and no.8 detonators, containing
0.22gm of PETN and 0.45gm of PETN
respectively and length of 35mm and
48mm both contain 0.2gm of ASA.
 Electric Detonator:- * electric
detonators are fired electrically.
*electric shot firing is required in
gassy coal mines where naked fires
are not permitted .
*Electric detonators are made in
no.6 and no.8 strengths.
* They comprise of copper or
aluminium tube usually of 7mm
in diameter and little longer than
plain detonator .
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