Blasting Cap
A cylindrical shell, usually of metal, containing both a primary high explosive and a secondary high explosive, which is used to initiate other explosives; also known as a detonator or cap.
Committee
Ignitable Liquids, Explosives & Gunshot Residue
Date Added to Lexicon
Standard Source (Designation Number Title of Standard. Publisher, Place, Year.)
ASTM E3196-21 Standard Terminology Relating to the Examination of Explosives. ASTM International, 100 Barr Harbor Drive, West Conshohocken, PA 19428, 2021.
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Reprinted, with permission, from ASTM, copyright ASTM International, 100 Barr Harbor Drive, West Conshohocken, PA 19428. A copy of the complete standard may be purchased from ASTM International, https://www.astm.org