The Effect of Stemming on the Efficiency of Explosives (C...
Snelling, Walter O. Excerpt from The Effect of Stemming on the Efficiency of ExplosivesAll commercial explosives owe their power of doing work to the expansive force of the great volume of gas evolved from them at the moment of explosion. The pressure exerted by this gas in the drill hole or other confined space in which the explosion is brought about is what makes explosive substances of value in mining or other industries and is the primary cause of all those m...