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Inexplosive   Listen
adjective
Inexplosive  adj.  Not explosive.






Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48








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"Inexplosive" Quotes from Famous Books



... temperature to ignite it, and cannot, under ordinary circumstances, when unconfined, be exploded by the application of heat. It is little affected by immersion in water, unless prolonged, when the chlorate dissolves out, leaving a practical inexplosive residue.[A] It was found to be very sensitive to combined friction and percussion, and to be readily ignited by a glancing blow of wood upon wood. It was also deficient in chemical stability, and has been known to ignite spontaneously ...
— Nitro-Explosives: A Practical Treatise • P. Gerald Sanford



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