Use Forms of Explosives

Use Forms Of Explosives

Explosive materials are produced in numerous physical forms for their use in mining, engineering, or military applications. The different physical forms and fabrication methods are grouped together in several Use forms of explosives.

Explosives are sometimes used in their pure forms, but most common applications transform or modify them.

These use forms are commonly categorized as:

• Pressings
• Castings
• Plastic or polymer bonded
• Putties (aka Plastic explosives)
• Rubberized
• Extrudable
• Binary
• Blasting agents
• Slurries and gels
• Dynamites