Editing Explosive (section)

==Applications==

===Commercial===
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[[File:Blast Area Security.webm|thumb|A video on safety precautions at blast sites]]
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://www.idealexplosives.com/emulsion-explosives.html |access-date=2024-06-06 |website=www.idealexplosives.com}}</ref> mixtures of ammonium nitrate prills (fertilizer pellets) and 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 (metalworking)|cladding]] ([[explosion welding]]). A thin plate of some material is placed atop a thick layer of a different material, both layers typically of metal. Atop the thin layer is placed an explosive. At one end of the layer of explosive, the explosion is initiated. The two metallic layers are forced together at high speed and with great force. The explosion spreads from the initiation site throughout the explosive. Ideally, this produces a metallurgical bond between the two layers.

[[File:Handling Explosives in Underground Mines.webm|thumb|A video describing how to safely handle explosives in mines]]

===Military===
{{Main|Explosive weapon}}

===Civilian===
{{See also|Explosives engineering}}

===Safety===
{{Main|Explosives safety}}