Slapper fuse

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The slapper is a fast detonator for explosives . It is used to ignite explosive substances almost simultaneously , including the explosives in atomic bombs . It is a further development of the bridge igniter .

Some of them are assigned to the foil detonators. The term foil igniter can refer to both bridge igniter and slapper igniter.

While in the classic bridge igniter the ignition chain is triggered by the increase in temperature (the ignition energy is thus generated thermally), the slapper igniter ignites by the blow triggered by the plasma of an evaporating metal foil.

Foil detonators are subject to export controls in Germany and Switzerland .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Federal Office of Economics and Export Control, Export List 109th ÄVO, page 48, (viewed on June 17, 2010) ( Memento from June 1, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) (PDF; 296 kB)
  2. ↑ Swiss Federal Council, Ordinance on the export, import and transit of goods that can be used for civil and military purposes as well as special military goods (Goods Control Ordinance, GKV), Appendix 2, Part 2 List of goods that can be used for civil and military purposes, page 80 (accessed on June 17 2010)