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Blackburn and Seely1 have published evidence that the light from strongly shocked granular salt was largely independent of the interstitial gas. They inferred that it did not (as I had thought2,3) arise from compression of the gas, and assumed that the same conclusion would apply to detonating explosive powders. While this extrapolation is plausible, it would be advantageous to have it confirmed.
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PATERSON, S. Light from Shocked and Detonating Powders. Nature 203, 1057–1059 (1964). https://doi.org/10.1038/2031057c0
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