1.   Another legitimate use of PETN is in a superquick fuse called detonating cord, which is sometimes used to set off the relatively insensitive explosives used in rock blasting.

2.   The dogs can detect plastic explosives, black powder, dynamite and detonating cord, he said, and are re-trained if any new danger is found.

3.   The robbers also took miles of detonating cord and thousands of detonators.

4.   Williams reported that the bomb was ignited either by a detonator from a Primadet Delay system or a sensitized detonating cord.

5.   He testified that several types of explosives could have been used, including TNT, nitroglycerin, plastic explosives or a detonating cord.

6.   Irish police are questioning four men arrested in overnight raids that uncovered a quantity of home made detonating cord reportedly similar to that used in Irish Republican Army bombings.

7.   Irish police are questioning four men arrested in overnight raids that uncovered a quantity of home made detonating cord similar to that used in Irish Republican Army bombings.

8.   Press Association, the British news agency, said the detonating cord was made from surgical material packed with Semtex explosive and petrol.

9.   They arrested two men in connection with the bomb factory, which also contained circuitry, detonating cord and the Mitsubishi truck that would have carried the bomb.

10.   Among the items recovered was an improvised detonating cord packed with a mixture of Semtex explosive and petrol.