Editing Explosive (section)

====Tertiary====
'''Tertiary explosives''', also called '''blasting agents''', are so insensitive to shock that they cannot be reliably detonated by practical quantities of [[primary explosive]], and instead require an intermediate [[explosive booster]] of [[secondary explosive]]. These are often used for safety and the typically lower costs of material and handling. The largest consumers are large-scale [[mining]] and [[construction]] operations.

Most tertiaries include a fuel and an oxidizer. [[ANFO]] can be a tertiary explosive if its reaction rate is slow.