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  2. Blast injury - Wikipedia

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    Total body disruption is the most severe and invariably fatal primary injury. [2] Primary injuries are especially likely when a person is close to an exploding munition, such as a land mine. [3] The ears are most often affected by the overpressure, followed by the lungs and the hollow organs of the gastrointestinal tract.

  3. Effects of nuclear explosions on human health - Wikipedia

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    The main causes of death and disablement in this state are thermal burns and the failure of structures resulting from the blast effect. Injury from the pressure wave is minimal in contrast because the human body can survive up to 2 bar (30 psi) while most buildings can withstand only a 0.8 bar (12 psi) blast.

  4. Explosion - Wikipedia

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    The generation of heat in large quantities accompanies most explosive chemical reactions. The exceptions are called entropic explosives and include organic peroxides such as acetone peroxide. [6] It is the rapid liberation of heat that causes the gaseous products of most explosive reactions to expand and generate high pressures. This rapid ...

  5. Effects of nuclear explosions - Wikipedia

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    It is these reaction products and not the gamma rays which contain most of the energy of the nuclear reactions in the form of kinetic energy. This kinetic energy of the fission and fusion fragments is converted into internal and then radiation energy by approximately following the process of blackbody radiation emitting in the soft X-ray region ...

  6. Explosive - Wikipedia

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    The most widely used explosives are condensed liquids or solids converted to gaseous products by explosive chemical reactions and the energy released by those reactions. The gaseous products of complete reaction are typically carbon dioxide, steam, and nitrogen. [18]

  7. Fireworks, ammonium nitrate likely fueled Beirut explosion - AOL

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    The scale of the damage resembles other blasts involving the chemical compound commonly used as an agricultural fertilizer. Fireworks, ammonium nitrate likely fueled Beirut explosion Skip to main ...

  8. Fireworks, ammonium nitrate likely fueled Beirut explosion - AOL

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    Online videos of the disaster's initial moments show sparks and lights inside the smoke rising from the blaze, just prior to the massive blast

  9. Overpressure - Wikipedia

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    The human body can survive relatively high blast overpressure without experiencing barotrauma. A 5 psi blast overpressure will rupture eardrums in about 1% of subjects, and a 45 psi overpressure will cause eardrum rupture in about 99% of all subjects. The threshold for lung damage occurs at about 15 psi blast overpressure.