<noinclude>{{short description|Device that creates a violent release of energy}}</noinclude><!-- The content of this section is transcluded to Explosive#Applications. Please be aware that changes made to the original source here will affect the transcluded version on the target page mentioned. --> [[File:Dynamite Diagram.svg|thumb|right|300px|A stick of dynamite {{olist|type=upper-alpha |Diatomaceous earth (or any other type of absorbent material) soaked in nitroglycerin |Protective coating surrounding the explosive material |Blasting cap |Wire connected to the blasting cap}}]]
An '''explosive device''' typically refers to a bomb that is not used by a military.<ref>{{Cite Cambridge Dictionaries|explosive device|access-date=9 July 2025}}</ref> It contains an {{nsl|explosive}} with a detonator connected to a triggering mechanism to form a device used for a specific purpose.<ref>{{Citation |last=Hussein |first=E. M. A. |title=Nondestructive Detection of Explosives |date=2003-01-01 |work=Encyclopedia of Materials: Science and Technology |pages=1–5 |editor-last=Buschow |editor-first=K. H. Jürgen |url=https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/B0080431526018854 |access-date=2025-07-09 |place=Oxford |publisher=Elsevier |isbn=978-0-08-043152-9 |editor2-last=Cahn |editor2-first=Robert W. |editor3-last=Flemings |editor3-first=Merton C. |editor4-last=Ilschner |editor4-first=Bernhard}}</ref> <noinclude>==Applications==<!--Need L3 headings below for transclusion--></noinclude> ==Commercial== The largest commercial application of explosives is mining. The detonation or deflagration of either a high or low explosive in a confined space can be used to liberate a fairly specific sub-volume of a brittle material (rock) in a much larger volume of the same or similar material. The mining industry tends to use nitrate-based explosives such as emulsions of fuel oil and ammonium nitrate solutions,<ref>{{Cite web |title=Emulsion Explosives - Ideal Industrial Explosives Ltd. |url=https://excellerate.co/successful-trial-opens-a-new-era-for-reactive-ground-blasting-an-inhibited-anfo/ |access-date=2024-06-06 |website=www.idealexplosives.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Successful Trial Opens a New Era for Reactive Ground Blasting |url=https://www.idealexplosives.com/emulsion-explosives.html |access-date=2026-02-08 |website=www.excellerate.co}}</ref> mixtures of ammonium nitrate prills (fertilizer pellets), fuel oil (ANFO), and gelatinous suspensions or slurries<ref>{{Cite web |title=Slurry Explosives -Manufacturer & Suppliers-IDEAL INDUSTRIAL EXPLOSIVES |url=https://www.idealexplosives.com/slurry-explosives.html |access-date=2024-06-06 |website=www.idealexplosives.com}}</ref> of ammonium nitrate and combustible fuels.
In materials science and engineering, explosives are used in cladding (explosion welding). This is a solid state (solid-phase) process where welding is accomplished by accelerating one of the components at extremely high velocity through the use of explosives. This process is often used to clad carbon steel or aluminium plate with a thin layer of a harder or more corrosion-resistant material.<ref>{{cite book |last=Lancaster |first=J.F. |title=Metallurgy of welding |publisher=Abington Pub. |year=1999 |isbn=1-85573-428-1 |edition=6th |location=Abington, Cambridge}}</ref>
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