Blasting cap

Primary explosive used to detonate a larger, less sensitive explosive.
Place detonator Q2296346
Blasting cap
«ВЭС». (СПб; 1913 год). · Public Domain · Wikimedia
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Blasting cap

Summary

Blasting cap is a detonator[1]. It draws 163 Wikipedia views per month (detonator category, ranking #1 of 1).[2]

Key Facts

  • Blasting cap is credited with the discovery of Alfred Nobel[3].
  • Blasting cap's image is recorded as Рисунок к статье «Капсюли подрывные». Военная энциклопедия Сытина (Санкт-Петербург, 1911-1915).jpg[4].
  • Blasting cap's instance of is recorded as detonator[5].
  • Blasting cap's Commons category is recorded as Blasting caps[6].
  • Blasting cap's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/04pdwx[7].
  • Blasting cap's topic's main category is recorded as Q32785805[8].
  • Blasting cap's described by source is recorded as Sytin Military Encyclopedia[9].
  • Blasting cap's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as technology/blasting-cap[10].
  • Blasting cap's UNSPSC code is recorded as 12131701[11].
  • Blasting cap's Great Norwegian Encyclopedia ID is recorded as fenghette[12].
  • Blasting cap's Interlingual Index ID is recorded as i50836[13].
  • Blasting cap's Microsoft Academic ID is recorded as 26304751[14].
  • Blasting cap's KBpedia ID is recorded as BlastingCap[15].
  • Blasting cap's museum-digital tag ID is recorded as 100644[16].

Body

Physical Characteristics

Blasting cap's UNSPSC code is recorded as 12131701[11].

Designation and Status

Blasting cap's instance of is recorded as detonator[5].

Why It Matters

Blasting cap draws 163 Wikipedia views per month (detonator category, ranking #1 of 1).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 8 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[17]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] . wikidata.org.
  3. [3] . britannica.com. Retrieved . britannica.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . KBpedia. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [17] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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