- published: 11 May 2011
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Detonation (from Latin detonare, meaning "to thunder down") is a type of combustion involving a supersonic exothermic front accelerating through a medium that eventually drives a shock front propagating directly in front of it. Detonations occur in both conventional solid and liquid explosives, as well as in reactive gases. The velocity of detonation in solid and liquid explosives is much higher than that in gaseous ones, which allows the wave system to be observed with greater detail (higher resolution).
An extraordinary variety of fuels may occur as gases, droplet fogs, or dust suspensions. Oxidants include halogens, ozone, hydrogen peroxide and oxides of nitrogen. Gaseous detonations are often associated with a mixture of fuel and oxidant in a composition somewhat below conventional flammability ratios. They happen most often in confined systems, but they sometimes occur in large vapor clouds. Other materials, such as acetylene, ozone and hydrogen peroxide are detonable in the absence of oxygen; a more complete list is given by both Stull and Bretherick.
Feel the Heartbeat of the City
Hear it calling out to you
You've been robbed and you've been cheated, yeah
Be runnin' scored if you only knew
Too much time and too much money
Broken dreams and shattered hopes
Sell your soul, there's no tomorrow, no tomorrow
Your lips says "Yes," but your heart says "No!"
There's no way out
You're never gonna learn
You scream and shout!
Who ya gonna burn?
He's come for you
What are you gonna do?
You run, run, run but there's no escape
Your reckless love has made a trap
You made the choice but you knew better
Your faithless tears won't fill the gap
There's no way out
You're never gonna learn
You scream and shout!
Where ya gonna turn?
He's come for you
What are you gonna do?
(Whatcha gonna do, huh?)
There's no way out
You scream and shout!
He's come for you
What are you gonna do?
Feel the Heartbeat of the City
Another time, another face
But you can't answer, you lie dyin'
Someone else will take your place
Someone else will take your place
Take your place