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Booster Pentofex

Pentofex is an explosive booster made of pentolite with high density, velocity and pressure of detonation. Pentofex booster has the highest quality pentrite (PETN) that guarantees reliability, consistency and durability in all blasting environments. They are used to initiate blasting agents (explosives that cannot be initiated with a detonator). It is used as an initiator for blasting agents and it is sensitive to initiation with common, electric, non-electric and electronic detonators.

Technical specifications

TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS

physical 
Density1.60 ± 0.1 g/cm3
Tube diameter

337.5g

450g

80g

50 ±0.5mm

60.6±0.5mm

33±0.2mm

Resistance to hydrostatic pressureExcellent (2 kgf/cm2 time 24 h)
Ballistics 
Velocity of detonation6,700 + 200 m/s
Detonation pressure180 kbar (minimum)
Sensitivity to detonator No. 8Positive (perforates ½ steelplate)
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