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An '''explosive device''' is a device that relies on the exothermic reaction of an [[explosive material]] to provide a violent release of energy.{{fact|date=March 2025}}
An '''explosive device''' typically refers to a [[bomb]] that is not used by a [[military]].<ref>{{Cite Cambridge Dictionaries|explosive device|access-date=9 July 2025}}</ref> It contains an {{nsl|explosive}} with a [[detonator]] connected to a triggering mechanism to form a device used for a specific purpose.<ref>{{Citation |last=Hussein |first=E. M. A. |title=Nondestructive Detection of Explosives |date=2003-01-01 |work=Encyclopedia of Materials: Science and Technology |pages=1–5 |editor-last=Buschow |editor-first=K. H. Jürgen |url=https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/B0080431526018854 |access-date=2025-07-09 |place=Oxford |publisher=Elsevier |isbn=978-0-08-043152-9 |editor2-last=Cahn |editor2-first=Robert W. |editor3-last=Flemings |editor3-first=Merton C. |editor4-last=Ilschner |editor4-first=Bernhard}}</ref>
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===Commercial===
The largest commercial application of explosives is [[mining]]. The detonation or deflagration of either a high or low explosive in a confined space can be used to liberate a fairly specific sub-volume of a brittle material (rock) in a much larger volume of the same or similar material. The mining industry tends to use nitrate-based explosives such as emulsions of fuel oil and ammonium nitrate solutions,<ref>{{Cite web |title=Emulsion Explosives - Ideal Industrial Explosives Ltd. |url=https://www.idealexplosives.com/emulsion-explosives.html |access-date=2024-06-06 |website=www.idealexplosives.com}}</ref> mixtures of ammonium nitrate prills (fertilizer pellets), fuel oil ([[ANFO]]), and gelatinous suspensions or slurries<ref>{{Cite web |title=Slurry Explosives -Manufacturer & Suppliers-IDEAL INDUSTRIAL EXPLOSIVES |url=https://www.idealexplosives.com/slurry-explosives.html |access-date=2024-06-06 |website=www.idealexplosives.com}}</ref> of ammonium nitrate and combustible fuels.


Applications of explosive devices include:
In [[materials science]] and engineering, explosives are used in [[Cladding (metalworking)|cladding]] ([[explosion welding]]). This is a [[wiktionary:solid state|solid state (solid-phase)]] [[Process (science)|process]] where [[welding]] is accomplished by accelerating one of the components at extremely high velocity through the use of explosives. This process is often used to clad [[carbon steel]] or [[aluminium]] plate with a thin layer of a harder or more [[corrosion]]-resistant material.<ref>{{cite book |last=Lancaster |first=J.F. |title=Metallurgy of welding |publisher=Abington Pub. |year=1999 |isbn=1-85573-428-1 |edition=6th |location=Abington, Cambridge}}</ref>
*[[Building implosion]] ([[demolition]])
*[[Digging|Excavation]]
*[[Explosive forming]]
*[[Explosive welding]]
*[[Mining]] of minerals
*[[Murder]]
**[[Assassination]]
*[[Riot control]]
*[[Terrorism]]
*[[War]]


Types of explosive devices include:
<gallery>
*[[Explosive weapon]]
Blast Area Security.webm|A video on safety precautions at blast sites
**[[Anti-personnel mine]]
Handling Explosives in Underground Mines.webm|A video describing how to safely handle explosives in mines
**[[Artillery]] shells
</gallery>
**[[Bomb]]
**[[Grenade]]
**[[Improvised explosive device]]
**[[Land mine]]
**[[Nuclear weapon|Nuclear explosive device]]
**[[Unexploded ordnance]]
**[[Naval mine]]
*[[Car bomb]]
*[[Letter bomb]]
*[[Stun grenade]]
*[[Smoke grenade]]
*[[Flashbang grenade]]
*Some [[pyrotechnics]]
**[[Fireworks]]
*[[Explosively pumped flux compression generator]]
*[[Explosive-driven ferroelectric generator]]


===Military===
{{Main|Explosive weapon}}
===Civilian===
{{Main|Explosives engineering}}<noinclude>
== Safety ==
{{Main|Explosives safety}}
==References==
==References==
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An explosive device typically refers to a bomb that is not used by a military.[1] It contains an Template:Nsl with a detonator connected to a triggering mechanism to form a device used for a specific purpose.[2]

Applications

Commercial

The largest commercial application of explosives is mining. The detonation or deflagration of either a high or low explosive in a confined space can be used to liberate a fairly specific sub-volume of a brittle material (rock) in a much larger volume of the same or similar material. The mining industry tends to use nitrate-based explosives such as emulsions of fuel oil and ammonium nitrate solutions,[3] mixtures of ammonium nitrate prills (fertilizer pellets), fuel oil (ANFO), and gelatinous suspensions or slurries[4] of ammonium nitrate and combustible fuels.

In materials science and engineering, explosives are used in cladding (explosion welding). This is a solid state (solid-phase) process where welding is accomplished by accelerating one of the components at extremely high velocity through the use of explosives. This process is often used to clad carbon steel or aluminium plate with a thin layer of a harder or more corrosion-resistant material.[5]

Military

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References

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