Explosions occur when gases in a confined space expand with a pressure and velocity that cause stresses greater than the confining structure can withstand. The gas expansion can be caused by rapid generation of gaseous molecules from a solid or...

Plosive with oral, medial release, e.g. the initial [th] (as opposed to the final unreleased in tat . ( also articulatory phonetics, aspiration)...

Compounds that are unstable and break down with the sudden release of large amounts of...

Explosives are substances that produce violent chemical or nuclear reactions. These reactions generate large amounts of heat and gas in a fraction of a second. Shock waves produced by rapidly expanded gases are responsible for much of the destruction...

An explosive material is a material that either is chemically or otherwise energetically unstable or produces a sudden expansion of the material usually accompanied by the production of heat and large changes in pressure (and typically also a flash...

Explosive materials found Officials detonate items from Grafton agency storage, home By JEFF COLE of the Journal Sentinel staff Friday, April 20, 2001 Investigators want to know how a large amount of raw materials for making explosive devices ended...

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Spanish police acting on what appears to have been a hoax evacuated Ibiza airport Saturday after a telephone bomb threat and safely destroyed a suspicious bag in a controlled explosion, the Interior Ministry said.After the warning, police evacuated and searched the airport, found two suspicious...

With a federal indictment in place, state charges will be dismissed against two Egyptian-born students who were stopped last month with what authorities said were pipe bombs, a prosecutor said Tuesday."I plan to dismiss the charges in favor of federal prosecution," said Scarlett Wilson, state...