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5:29 PM
It's a pharmaceutical company. No, only kidding.
A squib is a small explosive device which has a wide range of uses, such as generating mechanical forces as well as in pyrotechnic use. A squib can range in size from 2 to 15 millimetres in diameter. The squib, being an explosive device, releases a lot of energy, and can be used for shattering, triggering, propelling and cutting a wide range of materials.
It is different from a detonator, which is used specifically to trigger a larger explosive. A squib may indeed be energetic enough to initiate high explosives, but that is not its primary purpose. A squib is also not an electric match, which produces only a flash of flame and is used to ignite pyrotechnics and fireworks.
A squib is an attachment to a fuse, when pulled, initiates the fuse to burn. The only link I know that may give insight to this is http://www.isee.org
Many underground mines will use them for the allowable time given to vacate the mine for a shot.
The last mine I saw use them was in Silver City, NM, USA
I had to use them to set off a shot at this mine because it was the only method they would allow.
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