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WHILE studying the setting up of detonation in cylindrical T.N.T. charges initiated by relatively weak primers, we have repeatedly observed the immediate appearance in the charge of an annular detonation wave. The wave originates near the surface of the charge, grows in width as it is propagated through the charge, and finally coalesces over the full charge-width.
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Eyring, H., Powell, R. E., Duffey, C. H., and Parlin, R. B., Chem. Rev., 45, 69 (1949).
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DAVIS, D., DOUGLAS, D. & TREHARNE, E. Annular Detonation in Cast T.N.T.. Nature 179, 910–911 (1957). https://doi.org/10.1038/179910b0
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