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Detonation vs Phlegmatizer - What's the difference?

detonation | phlegmatizer |

As nouns the difference between detonation and phlegmatizer

is that detonation is detonation while phlegmatizer is a material added to an explosive to make it less susceptible to detonation and thus more stable and safer to handle and transport.

detonation

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • An explosion or sudden report made by the near-instantaneous decomposition or combustion of unstable substances as, the detonation of gun cotton. Specifically, combustion that spreads supersonically via shock compression.
  • Engine knocking, an improper combustion in internal combustion engines

    • Related terms

    * detonate * detonator

    Antonyms

    * (with respect to speed of propagation ): deflagration

    Hypernyms

    * combustion

    Anagrams

    * * English words suffixed with -ation

    phlegmatizer

    English

    Noun

    (en noun) (wikipedia phlegmatizer)
  • A material added to an explosive to make it less susceptible to detonation and thus more stable and safer to handle and transport.