Secondary explosives classification

The above classifications are not strictly applicable to the sensitivity of an explosive. Although it is true that most primary explosives are more sensitive than most secondary explosives, certain low explosives, eg Black Powder, are more sensitive than many secondary or even primary explosives... 

Classifying explosives by the presence of certain molecular groups does not give any information on the performance of the explosive. A far better way of classification is by performance and uses. Using this classification, explosives can be divided into three classes (i) primary explosives, (ii) secondary explosives, and (iii) propellants as shown in Figure 2.1. 

Figure 4.2 Classification of primary and secondary explosives by their Figure of Insensitiveness (F of I)...

Crushing Explosives). Accdg to the classification given by Gorst (Ref 114, pp 22—23), these expls belong to Group II and are also known as Vtorichnyiye W or Secondary Explosives. They... 

Sensitivity Requires blasting cap Classification Secondary explosive... 

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