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When high explosives are subjected to sudden shock waves, such as from an impact or detonation, tiny regions of intense heat—called hot spots—form at microstructural defects such as pores. These hot ...

For the first time, a team of researchers at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) quantified and rigorously studied ...