# Cordtex

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{{Short description|Type of detonating cord}}
'''Cordtex''' is a type of [detonating cord](/source/detonating_cord) generally used in [mining](/source/mining). "Cordtex" and "[Primacord](/source/Primacord)" are two of many [trademark](/source/trademark)s which have slipped into use as a [generic](/source/Generic_trademark) term for  detonating cord.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2024-03-21 |title=Reds go green: How looted solar panels are now powering Maoists in dense Bastar forests |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/raipur/robbed-solar-panels-now-powering-maoists/articleshow/108658528.cms |access-date=2024-05-06 |work=The Times of India |issn=0971-8257}}</ref>

It uses an [explosive core](/source/explosive_core) of [pentaerythritol tetranitrate](/source/PETN) (PETN) inside its plastic coating. It is commonly the thickness of electrical [extension cord](/source/extension_cord) and has a [detonation velocity](/source/detonation_velocity) of approximately 6000–7000 metres per second.  It is used to "[daisychain](/source/Daisy_chain_(electrical_engineering))" a sequence of explosives together.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2014-10-12 |title=Anti-Naxal operations: Local detonating wire bleeding security forces |url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/Anti-Naxal-operations-Local-detonating-wire-bleeding-security-forces/article11067465.ece |access-date=2024-05-06 |work=The Hindu |language=en-IN |issn=0971-751X}}</ref>

It can also be used in short lengths in simple [boobytraps](/source/boobytraps) and early warning devices.

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Category:Detonators
Category:Explosives

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