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What is a deflagration?

What is a deflagration? Here are some definitions.

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  1. The act of deflagrating; an intense fire; a conflagration or explosion. Specifically, combustion that spreads subsonically via thermal conduction.
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Other times, depending on the casement, whether it is plastic or metal, especially metal, it will do low order detonation, or what we call deflagration.
Explosives experts refer to rapid explosive reactions as detonation and slower explosive reactions as deflagration.
Prevent deflagration or detonation that could jeopardize the integrity or leak tightness of the containment.
In deflagration with nitre, azotic gas is likewise disengaged, because azote is one of the constituent elements of nitric acid.
The lever bolt can also act as extractor for the cases inflated by the deflagration.
Open slowly, as sudden pressure surges can generate heat and thus trigger a deflagration.

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