I understand that deflagration is slower and smoother than a detonation, but can't a deflagration be used to initiate detonations of other explosive agents?
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I don't know enough about combustion dynamics to give a good answer, but the Google search seems to indicate "Yes": http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deflagration_to_detonation_transition – Ben Norris Oct 16 '13 at 12:09
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This article may be of interest http://shepherd.caltech.edu/EDL/publications/reprints/jannaf99_paper.pdf – Apr 13 '15 at 11:03