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Science 22 April 1966:
Vol. 152. no. 3721, pp. 508 - 509
DOI: 10.1126/science.152.3721.508
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Piezoelectricity in Secondary Explosives

J. N. Maycock 1 and D. E. Grabenstein 1

1 Research Institute for Advanced Studies, 1450 South Rolling Road, Baltimore, Maryland

A theory for the formation of "hot spots" necessary for the initiation of an explosion is discussed in light of experimental evidence that most solid explosives are highly piezoelectric.

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