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The 30 pages that link to Detonation, each with the reason it gives.

• CombustionCompared with: It contrasts with ordinary flame propagation, which is subsonic.

• Shock waveCompared with: A detonation couples a shock to a reaction, unlike a shock alone.

• GunpowderCompared with: Unlike ordinary gunpowder deflagration, detonation couples reaction to a supersonic shock.

• DeflagrationCompared with: Unlike deflagration, detonation is supersonic and driven by shock compression.

• Shaped chargeNarrower topic: A detonation drives the liner’s collapse and jet formation.

• Improvised explosive deviceRelated: Detonation is the rapid energy release that gives an explosive device its destructive effect.

• PyrotechnicsCompared with: It differs from the subsonic burning used in many pyrotechnic effects.

• NitroglycerinNarrower topic: Nitroglycerin can detonate, releasing energy and gas far faster than ordinary burning.

• Blasting capRelated: The cap's purpose is to start this reaction in the main charge.

• DetonatorNarrower topic: The detonator initiates this self-sustaining reaction in the main explosive.

• Engine knockingCompared with: Knock produces pressure waves, but it is not necessarily a self-sustaining detonation.

• DynamiteNarrower topic: Dynamite releases energy through a detonation wave rather than ordinary burning.

• Explosive trainRelated: The final stages are designed to establish this reaction in the main charge.

• High explosiveBroader topic: High explosives release energy through this self-sustaining reaction front.

• ExplosiveCompared with: Detonation is the shock-coupled reaction mode responsible for explosives’ strongest blasts.

• Shock sensitivityNarrower topic: Detonation is a possible outcome of shock initiation, distinct from mere ignition.

• Explosively formed penetratorNarrower topic: The detonation wave supplies the impulse that collapses the liner.

• Thermobaric weaponCompared with: Its rapid shock-driven reaction contrasts with the fuel-air combustion central to thermobaric effects.

• WarheadRelated: Detonation is the rapid energy release behind conventional explosive warhead effects.

• Mercury(II) fulminateRelated: A detonator uses mercury fulminate to create the shock that starts this reaction in a main charge.

• 2020 Beirut explosionNarrower topic: The stored ammonium nitrate underwent the rapid reaction that produced the blast.

• Fulminic acidNarrower topic: Rapid decomposition of sensitive fulminates can initiate this explosive process.

• NitromethaneRelated: Uncontrolled detonation is a serious hazard in energetic fuel systems.

• Pentaerythritol tetranitrateRelated: PETN can release energy rapidly enough to support a detonation wave.

• TetrylRelated: Tetryl’s rapid energy release enabled it to transmit detonation to a larger charge.

• High-explosive anti-tankRelated: The detonation wave collapses the liner and initiates jet formation.

• HMXRelated: Detonation is the rapid energy-release process HMX is designed to undergo.

• Lead(II) azideRelated: Its decomposition can produce the shock that initiates a following charge.

• Plastic explosiveRelated: This is the rapid energy-release process that plastic explosives are designed to undergo.

• Yakov ZeldovichNarrower topic: Zeldovich's detonation theory explains the coupled shock-and-reaction process.