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Explosive Substances

Which, when subjected to heat, impact, friction or other suitable initial impulse, undergoes an explosion that is very rapid chemical transformation, forming other more stable products entirely or largely gaseous, whose combined volume is much greater than that of the original substance.

Explosives are classified as high-explosive or low-explosive, according to the rate of transformation. Any chemical compound, mixture, or device, the primary common purpose of which is to function by explosion.

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