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* The [[Flixborough disaster]]
* The 1989 [[Phillips Disaster]] in Pasadena, Texas
* The damage observed in
The phenomenon is exploited in [[pulse detonation engine]]s because a detonation produces a more efficient combustion of the reactants than a deflagration does, i.e. giving a higher yields. Such engines typically employ a [[Shchelkin spiral]] in the [[combustion chamber]] to facilitate the deflagration to detonation transition.<ref>
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