High Explosives Vs. Low Explosives: What's The Difference?

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Published 2022-10-07

Join pyrotechnics expert Mike Tockstein as he explains the difference between high explosives and low explosives and answers the question, "Are Fireworks Actually Explosives?" He explains what an explosive is, what the difference is between low explosives and high explosives, with animations and visual representations for easy understanding no matter what your level of experience in the world of pyrotechnics is. Have questions? Leave them in the comments below!

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00:00 Introduction
00:47 Dynamite
02:06 Two Types of Explosives
02:17 Low Explosives
04:21 High Explosives
06:06 Comparison of Rate of Reaction
07:33 Conclusio

All Comments (12)

@vettedude85 1 year ago

So what about salutes? Doesn’t large quantities of flash powder go supersonic and detonate not deflagrate?
@mircopaul5259 1 year ago

High quality educational content. Keep up the great work!
@saileencruileen2163 7 months ago

This video is super helpful to understanding the difference between high and low explosives. Great teaching. Thanks a bunch.
@drishtisaini3319 5 months ago

Amazing! I am a Forensic Science student and couldn't understand basic concepts of explosives. This video helped me a lot and cleared all my doubts about the difference between high and low explosives. I tried reading it from many sources but I couldn't get the hang of it.
@billstevenson6266 1 year ago

I’m really enjoying your videos Mike! This looks like a good one to show the kids at Winter Blast.
@williamyazmaciyanamaduni2794 11 months ago

Hi ,Mike I love the way you explain things very nice thank you .
@vivekvardhan_ 1 year ago

Hi I am from India .i have interested to become a pyrotechnics and also interested to join in crew
@kardanadamodtude 11 months ago

Thank you for the video. It explains much regarding main two eplosive category. Here I have a question. Is there a category in the name of insensitive explosives? If yes is it under high explosives category or not? Could you clarify this point? Thank you in advance for your reply.
@Thebigdream11 1 year ago

Please make video on topic different colours of fireworks using which elements for different colours 🎆😅 broken English sorry.
@JilbinpJoy 1 year ago

https://youtu.be/eUGfuEvK6QY Could you please explain what happened here? It is happened in south india(kerala), and what type of mortar it is?
@ElohimYellow 1 year ago

0:45 I'm pretty sure the second amendment covers absolutely everything said up to this point.