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High explosives are unstable chemical compounds that are sensitive to shock. temperature, and their own detonative wave. High explosives detonate with a violent chemical reaction. The detonative wave velocity is a density phenomenon and is in the order of magnitude of 30,000 feet/second. Shaped charges and Primacords are high explosives. Compare low explosives.

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