Craig:

Yes, as long as you limit this explosion to a small pocket of charge.  The notion that the entire charge explodes would be in error.

Walter


On Apr 27, 2006, at 10:02 PM, Craig Berland wrote:


Walter Atkinson said:
Detonation is the auto-ignition ahead of the end gasses AFTER the spark
event.

Walter, as usual, well said.  Another way to think of detonation is "an
explosion" after the spark event, versus a "controlled burn rate".
Craig Berland



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