Detonators

thumb|Top: small nonel detonator with 2 ms delay for chaining nonel tubes; middle: class B SPD detonator; bottom: class C SPD detonator thumb|Inserting detonators into blocks of C-4 explosive

a small metallic cap or cup, usually of copper or brass, containing a shock-sensitive explosive compound

High explosive in tube form

part of a device that initiates function in an explosive, pyrotechnic device or military munition

fuse designed to detonate an aerial bomb at or above ground level

Detonator fired by electric current

chemical compound

neutron source used in some nuclear weapons

Primacord is a brand of detonating cord used in blasting. It was developed in 1936 by the Ensign-Bickford Company. Ensign-Bickford sold their registered trademark for Primacord to Dyno Nobel in 2003. which manufactures it in their Graham, Kentucky factory. The name is also used as a genericized trademark for any detonating cord.

type of electrically fired detonator

Time fuze used by British Special forces during the Second World War